Ruddock lies: Mr Ruddock said attempts to liken the legislation to the White Australia Policy were badly misconceived.
Refugees arriving under Australian resettlement programs came from Africa, the Middle East, the Balkans and Asia, he said. "They don't come from Europe in the main and they certainly don't come from North America." http://heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,2933942%255E662,00.html Trudy Bray wrote: > > Last financial year, Australia took 406 Afghan refugees from offshore out of an > offshore refugee and special humanitarian intake of > 8,261. Most places under the program went to Europeans. > > http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/26/text/national1.html > > Trudy > -- > ***************************** > Join the peoples' movement: > The Australian Reconciliation Party > http://www.green.net.au/arp/ > ***************************** > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at > http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/ until 11 March, 2001 and > Recoznettwo is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznettwo%40green.net.au/ >from > that date. > This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission >from the > copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under >the "fair > use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further >without > permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." -- ***************************** Join the peoples' movement: The Australian Reconciliation Party http://www.green.net.au/arp/ ***************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/ until 11 March, 2001 and Recoznettwo is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznettwo%40green.net.au/ from that date. This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use."
