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Original Post Date: 2001-09-07 Time: 13:46:37 Posted By: Jan
by Richard Shears – On Christmas Island where the
Tampa is anchored with its cargo of Afghan immigrants
Perhaps it took a nation of immigrants to say it: while all people merit
compassionate and humane treatment, there is a world of difference between
immigrants who bring job skills and money in their pockets and those in
search of a state to sponge of from.
Of course, it was you the English, who were our original boat people when you
arrived with the First Fleet. And after you had settles you showed no
objection to the arrival of anyone as long as they were prepared to help
build the nation.
You may have been of convict stock, but you made good use of the land you
were eventually given. You built towns, set up factories, exported beef, lamb
and wool and turned Australia into a country the world envied.
In the centuries since, it has become all that the people-smugglers promise
when they take the $US4,OOO ((163)£2,700) or so from those determined to get into
Australia through the back door. To those hopefuls it is without doubt, a
land of milk and honey. And they have come in their hundreds of thousands.
The average Australian appeared to care little about the immense social,
economic and legal troubles these illegal immigrants were causing. It seemed
the good old Aussie she’ll be right, mate’ attitude extended to those who
jump the queue to get into the country and ended up competing with
Australians for jobs.
But, deep down, the average Australian has always despised the queue jumpers.
He was just afraid of being branded racist. In an age of political
correctness, anyone who has raised their voice against the illegals has been
shouted down for lacking compassion and understanding.
Finally however, with the arrival of the Tampa in its territorial waters, the
silent majority has found a way of expressing its true feelings. There
can be heard from cosmopolitan Sydney to the sheepstations of the Out back a
chorus of agreement with the Conservative governments decision to turn this
one illegal group away.
Until the Norwegian vessel arrived off Christmas Island, Australians had
accepted nothing much would be done to stem the tide of boat people from the
Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia and China. The government
seemed happy to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars
accommodating them and, when they appealed against deportation, giving them
access to legal aid to fight the decision. True conditions in their
detention centres were tough. While Britain’s illegal immigrants are put up
in comfortable homes and hostels – some even in five star hotels – the
illegals Down Under have found themselves behind barbed wire fences in
isolated desert camps.
Under the watchful eye of armed guards, they pace up and down the exercise
yards like prisoners complaining about their treatment, going
on hunger strike and threatening to I commit suicide by jumping off the
rooftops unless something was done to speed up their applications to stay.
But, still, they were given easier passage than their legal counterparts.
Could they prove they had fled an oppressive regime and that their lives
would be in danger if they were sent back? Yes,? Fine, they could stay,
unlike legal migrants whose access has been strictly determined by their
mastery of the English language, financial security and work skills.
It stuck in the craw of those from other countries – among them Italian and
Greek families who flooded into Australia after the war-that the illegals
needed only to tell a convincing story and have just (163)£100 in their pockets.
It also hurt the government, for it knew that Australia’s reputation for
giving a bloke a fair go could be tarnished if it started turning away
families on leaking boats, probably sending them to their deaths on the
return journey.
What government and people needed was a clear reason for a new, tougher
policy which would not endanger any boat people, but would set new rules and
protect Australia’s way of life, cultural identity and ability to prosper.
The Tampa was the perfect solution. Because the boat people on board had
already been rescued and could be safely sent back into international waters,
the government was at last able to take a stand without signing a death
warrant.
Prime Minister John Howard and his government were prepared for an angry
backlash. Radio station switchboards were flooded and newspaper letters
columns bulged. But they were virtually all in favour of the governments
decision – 80 per cent of callers were behind Howard’s actions. Average
Australians made loose for the first time in a long time with their own
feelings, urging the do-gooders to wake up’.
Brushing aside the risk of being condemned as racist, they asked what
contribution the illegal immigrants could make to a nation that needs
skilled, hard workers. You cannot know if these boat people can help because
they will not be judged on language, financial and professional criteria’s,
they say. And, they add, if they are judged only on compassionate grounds’
how can we be sure they won’t prove to be passengers?
Western Australian resident Tyrone Rocque’s comment is typical: ‘To all those
who are ashamed of being Australians because of the handling of the illegal
immigrants, what have you done about deserving taxpaying Australians who are
having it rough here? Tomorrow, these illegals will protest about conditions
in Australia. What will we do then – house them in holiday resorts? It’s
good to see us taking a stand in this age of political correctness.’
His sentiments are echoed by thousands of ordinary men and women here. Yet
the most enraged faction is not the Caucasians, but the legal immigrants,
those who underwent the arduous selection procedure to earn an Australian
passport.
Sri Lankan Roy Bandarage, now an Australian citizen, said.’ ‘Australian are
welcoming future criminals sponsored by foreign terrorist organisations. If
the government does not wake up, it will not be long before Australians may
have to seek asylum elsewhere.’