Mike Steketee in The Australian sets the debate over “boat people” — but strangely not his own paper’s rather alarmist “Rising tide” coverage — in an informed context:
The latest report from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees says asylum applications in Australia increased by 19 per cent last year, from 3980 to 4750. How many [...]
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Crikey editorial: the boat people myth
April 16, 2009 – 1:34 pm
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