Monthly Archives: December 2011

Last weekend, an overcrowded fishing boat sank off the coast of Indonesia with more than 200 asylum seekers on board. In Australia, the political blame game started soon after with both sides trying to get the upper hand in the … Continue reading →

Here we are right back where we were a year ago on asylum seekers. Boats foundering en route to Australia, mass drownings, and a spike in the number of people trying to reach Australian territory by boat. Four hundred and … Continue reading →

Desperate survivors in Indonesia have told of their belief that Australia is a promised land and they would spend just one month on Christmas Island. Esmat Adine, 24, a Hazara refugee from Afghanistan said he “tried to find a suitable … Continue reading →