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Mandatory detention: twenty years of inhumane public policy : Comments
By Jo Coghlan, published 7/5/2012Two decades of mandatory detention erodes Australia's human rights record.
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I reckon that if empowered to do so I could talk to the relevant *BaPak Indonesia* and have everyone from that country sorted within a month. Thereafter, a good opportunity for the new foreign minister to strengthen diplomatic ties. Oh, I do have a strong working familiarity with what is required in Indonesia having done the process myself on more than one occassion. More often than not the guvment simply do not care to know, to the extent that one honorable Ozzie sheila/lawyer went to Indo herself and soon enough had the case of her client sorted.
" ... 4. Quarantine ... "
is important however you arrive and whether you are Australian or not. If you as an Ozzie come in crook to the airport you'll be grabbed soon enough, have no illusions about that. Thereafter, T.B. scans can be done in a day in most cases and a vaccination program over a month or so - depending on the particular requirements obviously and the likely origin and transit route of the individual and recommended vaccinations, some of which take longer than others to administer. As to evidencing the efficacy of the vaccines, do they even bother?
" ... 5. Young men without papers claiming to be younger than 17 (clearly many are not) so that if admitted, they can bring their families out. ... "
Says who? Are you claiming insider information or can you refer to something on the public record perhaps? I have confidence that the foreign minister can cut his teeth on a range of opportunities as per 3. above.