Found this in The Age this morning:
UN hits out at minister over Africans
THE United Nations has criticised Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews' argument that Sudanese refugees are having trouble adapting to Australian life.
Mr Andrews said on Monday that Sudanese refugees appeared to have greater challenges than other migrants, as he defended the Government's move to slash the intake of African refugees.
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The United Nations High Commission for Refugees said refugees should be accepted based on their need for protection, not their ability to integrate.
Link: UN hits out at minister over Africans
The Howard Governments stand has been a shameful reminder to ALL Australians that there are indeed those still here who hold racist views.
I am glad the UN is standing up and speaking out about the latest Australian Government attack, because this is after all the 21st century and racist and bigoted views should not enter into a governments plan for any country.
Which brings us to another article I was reading in The Age this morning.
It was about a survey conducted by a parental group in Australia who surveyed parents of children in the private school system (so the Howard voting block) who have split with the federal governments values for kids ideas.
These values which the Howard government wants taught in schools are: care and compassion, doing your best, fair go, freedom, honesty and trustworthiness, integrity, respect, responsibility, and understanding, tolerance and inclusion.
Now parents think they are all wonderful values to have, except would like tolerance changed to acceptance, but do not understand why the federal government wants these taught, when they (the government) are teaching the kids of today intolerance, racism, bigotry, and so forth. The government approach to asylum seekers and refugees only proves that.
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