06/21/2010
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The Age (Australia)
AUSTRALIAN of the Year Patrick McGorry has called for the asylum seeker issue to be taken out of the coming federal election and replaced by a return to a bipartisan approach.
01/26/2010
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The Age (Australia)
A HEAVILY pregnant asylum seeker says she is prepared to have her baby on board the crowded vessel where about 250 Sri Lankans have been engaged in a stand-off with authorities at the Indonesian port of Merak.
01/22/2010
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The Age (Australia)
SRI Lankan's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama says his Government wants access to asylum seekers who leave his country illegally for countries such as Australia because they may have been involved in serious crimes including terrorism.
11/12/2009
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The Age (Australia)
Responding to a young journalism student this week, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd maintained that his Government's actions on the Oceanic Viking abided by the letter of the Refugee Convention. Perhaps. But what about its spirit?