Sunday, November 13, 2016

U.S. Will Resettle Australia's Refugees Stuck In Migrant Camps

© Soe Zeya / Reuters

Voice of America: Australian Refugees Offered US Resettlement Deal

SYDNEY — Refugees held in controversial Australian-run camps in the South Pacific will be resettled in the United States. In Canberra, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said it would be a “one-off” deal.

Under tough border security laws, asylum seekers intercepted trying to reach Australia by boat are sent to migrant centers at Manus Island in Papua New Guinea and the tiny republic of Nauru. They are forbidden from being resettled in Australia as part of strict policies aimed at deterring unauthorized boat arrivals that have been reduced to barely a trickle in recent years. Conditions in the centers have been repeatedly criticized as inhumane by campaigners.

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Update: U.S. to resettle Australia's refugees languishing on Pacific islands (CBS/AP)

WNU Editor: This is going to be used by the people smugglers to start another cycle of refugees and migrants fleeing Asia who are seeking a better life. Not surprising .... Australia is now immediately boosting their maritime patrols expecting the worse .... Border fleet bolstered amid fears US asylum deal will bring boats (The Australian). As for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull claim that this is a “one-off” deal .... who is he really kidding?

5 comments:

Roger Smith said...



Oil up the $$$ printing press.
I was in the new home industry during a prior bubble. In Socal where I worked, many of the trades, especially drywall, concrete, .....hmmm, just about all, now that I recall, were composed of English as a second language people and many were not legal. If one wanted to experience pandemonium all one had to do was yell "immigration" in Spanish. Instant chaos.
What I found ironic was when the bubble was collapsing the drywall workers went on strike to form a union. This was in 1992 in Adelanto CA, the last project on which I worked; building homes I could never afford to buy.

Roger

James said...

Roger,
There's a lot of truth in what you say. My father's father was a founder of the bricklayer's local and my mother's father was a founder of the ironworker's local. My father was the first successful contractor to come out of the union that I know of in this area. I have been in and out the construction trade for over 50yrs, from residential to heavy commercial and industrial. My father was on both sides of the bargaining table at one time or the other in union negotiations and I have been an observer many times.
The Mexicanos really started coming in during the late 70's early 80's. As you say it was first drywall and painting. Then they pushed the blacks out of concrete. Now they are penetrating the plumbing, HVAC, and electrical trades. Some are good some aren't, not all that different than the whites. What happened was the public schools used to have a fair industrial arts programs that fed fairly qualified people into the trades for apprenticeships, but that ended in the 80's with the push for everyone to have liberal arts education. At the same time the unions took very unrealistic stances in the bargaining sessions and essentially priced themselves out of the labor market.
There was and still is a place for unions in America, but when they entered the political realm (which wasn't all that bad of a decision) they made some poor choices which have cost them to this day.
I can walk up to almost any building and tell you with in a year or two when it was built, not just from design characteristics, but the workmanship. But if I grouch about it, I'm just a "grumpy old man" who's saying we did it better in our day.
Any race can produce top tier workmanship, I've seen this with my own eyes, but it takes a culture that demands good workmanship, provides the training for it, and pays for it.
Anyway enjoyed your comments.

fazman said...

I can tell you 100% it is a one of deal.
Prime minister Turnbull could teach Trump about halting illegal immigration if nothing else.
Aust hasnt had an illegal set foot on the mainland in years, and the off shore detention centres are to be closed.
There is NO WHERE to house them so the boats will be towed from whence they came, usuallly indonesia.

fazman said...

I can tell you 100% it is a one of deal.
Prime minister Turnbull could teach Trump about halting illegal immigration if nothing else.
Aust hasnt had an illegal set foot on the mainland in years, and the off shore detention centres are to be closed.
There is NO WHERE to house them so the boats will be towed from whence they came, usuallly indonesia.

fazman said...

I can tell you 100% it is a one of deal.
Prime minister Turnbull could teach Trump about halting illegal immigration if nothing else.
Aust hasnt had an illegal set foot on the mainland in years, and the off shore detention centres are to be closed.
There is NO WHERE to house them so the boats will be towed from whence they came, usuallly indonesia.