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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Hundreds of Australian migrants to be resettled in the United States
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Manus Island detention center in Papua New Guinea (AAP)
Reports indicate that Australia and the United States are close to a
deal where about 1,800 migrants from Australian detention centers in
Pacific islands will be resettled in the United States.
There have been reports for months that Australia was working on a
deal to resettle the migrants in an unnamed country. It now appears
that the unnamed country is the United States, and the deal was held
up pending the US presidential election, so that it would not affect
the election results. Now that the election is over, the deal can be
completed and implemented in the presidential lame duck period.
In past years, thousands of refugees from Asia have traveled by boat
to Australia, often after paying huge sums to human traffickers,
hoping to resettle there. Australia has dealt with the situation,
starting in 2001, by setting up two "detention centers" on Pacific
islands, one on Papua New Guinea's (PNG's) Manus Island, and one on
the island nation of Nauru, under agreements reached with both
countries. Australia intercepts the boat people while at sea, and
redirects them to the detention centers. These two filthy,
rat-infested detention centers have been enormously controversial,
with numerous stories of beatings, torture, and sexual abuse at the
detention centers. The detention centers were shut down in 2007, but
reinstated when the number of refugees and asylum seekers surged again
into the thousands.
The detention center policy has been extremely successful, in that the
number of migrants reaching Australia has been sharply reduced.
However, the policy has been widely condemned as cruel to people
fleeing poverty and violence, and as a violation of international
laws.
Immigration department chief Michael Pezzullo refused on Friday to
confirm that a deal is pending, but said "We are working actively on
those arrangements ... today we are closer than what we were
yesterday." He also refused to discuss which countries are in
negotiations with Australia, but some reports indicate that Canada may
be in negotiations as well. Special Broadcasting Service (Australia) and Sydney Morning Herald
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**** As winter approaches, Syria's east Aleppo faces mass starvation
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With the regime of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad blocking food aid
to east Aleppo, the UN aid agencies are will run out of food next
week, and some 250,000 people will be facing mass starvation, with
winter approaching.
Russia has been building for a massive military assault on east
Aleppo, including more warplanes, and cruise missiles. Al Jazeera and BBC and
VOA
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KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Australia, Michael Pezzullo,
Papua New Guinea, PNG, Manus Island, Nauru,
Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Aleppo, Russia
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Hundreds of Australian migrants to be resettled in the United States
- As winter approaches, Syria's east Aleppo faces mass starvation
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**** Hundreds of Australian migrants to be resettled in the United States
****
Manus Island detention center in Papua New Guinea (AAP)
Reports indicate that Australia and the United States are close to a
deal where about 1,800 migrants from Australian detention centers in
Pacific islands will be resettled in the United States.
There have been reports for months that Australia was working on a
deal to resettle the migrants in an unnamed country. It now appears
that the unnamed country is the United States, and the deal was held
up pending the US presidential election, so that it would not affect
the election results. Now that the election is over, the deal can be
completed and implemented in the presidential lame duck period.
In past years, thousands of refugees from Asia have traveled by boat
to Australia, often after paying huge sums to human traffickers,
hoping to resettle there. Australia has dealt with the situation,
starting in 2001, by setting up two "detention centers" on Pacific
islands, one on Papua New Guinea's (PNG's) Manus Island, and one on
the island nation of Nauru, under agreements reached with both
countries. Australia intercepts the boat people while at sea, and
redirects them to the detention centers. These two filthy,
rat-infested detention centers have been enormously controversial,
with numerous stories of beatings, torture, and sexual abuse at the
detention centers. The detention centers were shut down in 2007, but
reinstated when the number of refugees and asylum seekers surged again
into the thousands.
The detention center policy has been extremely successful, in that the
number of migrants reaching Australia has been sharply reduced.
However, the policy has been widely condemned as cruel to people
fleeing poverty and violence, and as a violation of international
laws.
Immigration department chief Michael Pezzullo refused on Friday to
confirm that a deal is pending, but said "We are working actively on
those arrangements ... today we are closer than what we were
yesterday." He also refused to discuss which countries are in
negotiations with Australia, but some reports indicate that Canada may
be in negotiations as well. Special Broadcasting Service (Australia) and Sydney Morning Herald
Related Articles
- Papua New Guinea Supreme Court bombshell throws Australia's refugee policy into chaos (30-Apr-2016)
- Australia accused of paying people smugglers to take migrants to Indonesia (13-Jun-2015)
- Australia to send 'boat people' to Papua New Guinea (21-Jul-2013)
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**** As winter approaches, Syria's east Aleppo faces mass starvation
****
With the regime of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad blocking food aid
to east Aleppo, the UN aid agencies are will run out of food next
week, and some 250,000 people will be facing mass starvation, with
winter approaching.
Russia has been building for a massive military assault on east
Aleppo, including more warplanes, and cruise missiles. Al Jazeera and BBC and
VOA
Related Articles
- Aleppo bombings in 'humanitarian pause' as residents await Russia's death blow (21-Oct-2016)
- Syria's al-Assad goes for the kill, turning Aleppo and civilians to bloody rubble (24-Sep-2016)
- US increasingly expresses total disgust with Syria regime for Bashar al-Assad's atrocities (21-Sep-2016)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Australia, Michael Pezzullo,
Papua New Guinea, PNG, Manus Island, Nauru,
Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Aleppo, Russia
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