Eureka Street

Keywords: Boat People

INTERNATIONAL

Refugee crisis requires international effort
- David Holdcroft
- 21 April 2009
3 Comments
During the Indochinese crisis, the Fraser Government engaged in a policy of cooperation with other countries in the region. More than a million people were moved, and the boat people phenomenon in Australia ceased for nearly ten years.
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INTERNATIONAL

Asylum seekers are not criminals
- Sacha Bermudez-Goldman
- 21 April 2009
9 Comments
If we regard asylum seekers as illegals who burn boats to force themselves on us, we might choose to close our doors to them. Rather than criminals, we should regard them as human beings in great need, deserving our respect and compassion.
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AUSTRALIA

Howard asylum seeker policy must remain history
- Michael Mullins
- 20 April 2009
9 Comments
The military misadventures of nations including Australia contribute greatly to the motivation of asylum seekers. Australian immigration policy must de-emphasise border protection in favour of being a 'good international citizen'.
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INTERNATIONAL

Forward with fairness for asylum seeker policy
- Kerry Murphy
- 17 April 2009
3 Comments
The tragic death of several asylum seekers on a boat while being towed to Christmas Island again shows the dangers for people coming to Australia by boat. But it does not justify a return to the harsh policies of the past.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

What the people don't know
- Jeff Klooger
- 16 December 2008
1 Comment
The minister .. surveys his kingdom with an eagle's eye .. and an artichoke's heart .. those desperadoes in their plywood boats .. the public with their mortgages
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD

SIEV X, the boat that sank
- Tony Kevin
- 30 July 2008
6 Comments
Coming closer, one sees these are paintings of drowning people, headsor bodies suspended in metallic seawater. There are 353 images, mostly children and women, for it was mostly children and women who boarded the boat.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Haunted by the ghosts of SIEV-X
- Rochelle Siemienowicz
- 12 June 2008
4 Comments
Hope documents the fate of the people-smuggling vessel SIEV-X and the 353 people who died when it sank en route to Australia. The film suggests a parliamentary inquiry is essential into the Howard Government's handling of the tragedy.
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