January 17, 2016 centralhqs [50 entries] ± Views 2 § Leave a comment
EXCLUSIVE DEBORAH CASSRELS, JOURNALIST@cassrelsd Under cover of darkness, 43 West Papuan asylum-seekers clambered aboard a dugout canoe at midnight. The cue to flee Indonesian persecution in the province of West Papua in January 2006 was urgent. They had been subjected to brutal repression at the hands of the Indonesian regime. Reports of government-sanctioned murders, political […]
✍ Campaigns (21)✎ asylum seeker, right to self-determination (3) Length: [863] words., and modified on July 19th, 2019. Standard
October 11, 2013 centralhqs [50 entries] ± Views 3 § Leave a comment
Group of seven who were deported from Australia fear kidnapping by Indonesia if sent to remote border camp Seven West Papuans who claimed asylum in Australia have been told they will be sent to a remote camp in Papua New Guinea on the border of Indonesia – the country they are fleeing from. The group, including a […]
✍ Uncategorized (11)✎ asylum seeker, Australia (10), border crosser (5), PNG Government (17), West Papuan Refugee (15) Length: [907] words., and modified on July 19th, 2019. Standard
July 19, 2010 centralhqs [9 entries] ± Views 4 § Comments Off on West Papuan refugee dispute
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In early 2006, a furore erupted in Indonesia over the Australian government’s decision to grant temporary protection visas to 42 West Papuan asylum seekers. The controversy caused diplomatic tension as well as a “war of cartoons”, with newspapers in Indonesia and Australia trading hits over a decision that the Indonesians say questions the sovereignty that they […]
✍ Citizenship (8)✎ asylum seeker, Australia (10), contemporary protection visa (2), immigration department Length: [323] words., and modified on July 19th, 2019. Standard
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