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Sorry, I have to disagree there.
There are places in the UK that want Sharia Law introduced so they can punish people for so called religious crimes.
That's the way they enforce their will because they know that unless they do people will drift away from Islam just as they are drifting away from Christianity.
Indonesia: 35 Sri Lankans stranded on way to Australia
An Indonesian official confirmed Sunday that they will help an Indian-flagged vessel carrying around 35 Sri Lankans sail back into international waters after it was stranded off Sumatra island while reportedly headed to Australia.
Mixed stories on the above today,
Jakarta: A boat with 44 Sri Lankans who claim to be headed for Christmas Island remains marooned in bad weather off the Indonesian province of Aceh.
Indonesian authorities have provided the Sri Lankans with food but will not let them disembark because they do not have passports or valid travel documents.
An Indian-flagged vessel carrying around 35 Sri Lankans that was stranded in waters off Indonesia’s Sumatra island has set sail for Australia.
An official from the Lhoknga sub-district of Aceh province said Monday that Indonesian security forces escorted the vessel with ethnic Tamil on board into international waters Sunday night, according to Indonesian news outlet kompas.com.
A boat carrying 40 ethnic Tamils from Sri Lanka has returned to Aceh to ask for more fuel so that they can continue their journey to Australia.
The group, which includes one pregnant woman, returned to Lhoknga waters in Aceh Besar regency on Monday, after departing the previous day.
The vessel was first stranded off the coast of Aceh on Saturday morning when their boat suffered damage.
They embarked on Sunday morning after local authorities helped repair the boat’s engine, gave them food supplies and 1 ton of fuel to help them reach their destination, local authorities have said. However, they returned on Monday asking for 6 tons of fuel, as they feared 1 ton would be insufficient.
There are no details yet on whether they will continue sailing and if so when.
International Organisation for Migration Jakarta spokesman Paul Dillon said the IOM had been advised on Saturday that a boat had arrived in Lhoknga with foreign nationals.
'We indicated we were prepared to assist with the provision of services IOM normally provides and we are just waiting to hear back,'
The IOM has offices all around Indonesia and helps the Government to move refugees, as does the UN Refugee Agency.
Worst, as described above is pretty bad as it gives people smugglers the sugar to market their trade. Politically, it's a gift for the government.At worst, we’re offering permanent residency to 30,000 people on temporary protection visas. Even if that number is entirely correct it’s not a lasting solution to the problem - it’s more of an election stop gap. We cannot be more clear that we fully intend to be as brutal to refugees as we can be while still calling ourselves progressive.
Further on the above,
Aceh/Jakarta. Indonesia will allow 44 Australian-bound asylum seekers from Sri Lanka to temporarily disembark in Aceh Besar district, Aceh, Thursday morning (16/06) for food and boat repair after they were stranded for five days at the waters off Lhoknga coast.
Aceh provincial administration spokesman Fran Dellian said the asylum seekers were allowed to come ashore after Vice President Jusuf Kalla sent a memo on Wednesday afternoon instructing Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah to temporarily host the asylum seekers.
In the memo, Kalla instructed the Aceh government to provide food to the 44 asylum seekers, which include a pregnant woman and nine children. The memo also said Aceh must help to repair the boat and provide fuel before they are released back to international waters.
However, none of asylum seekers are allowed to land their feet in Aceh soil, Fran said.
Sri Lankan asylum seekers who became stranded in waters off Aceh more than a week ago during a failed attempt to get to Australia by boat will now have their status as refugees assessed, Indonesian authorities say. - ]
Labor will not turn back boats.
No Boasts this month?
As 'Who $hit in my pants' Dutton scrabbles for excuses and Morisson implores to the public the 'Nuremberg defence',' I was only following Abbott's orders...'
And Oh no, the holy of holy's ... 'The Australian', Those with access could you please post up the article that describes our detention gulags as the equivalent to the medievil practice of 'heads on pikes'.
Only if you can spare the time off polishing your statue of Jack van Tongeren doc.
there's just a bit of free speech
I believe in these times that a conscription program should be created from our current youth on the dole. With experienced leadership on the ground we could open up huge areas across the top end of Australia. Our new conscrips could then be tasked to supervise the asylum seekers to work and develop this land so that they could in fact feed and shelter themselves.
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