Sometimes I can't help but feel sorry for refugees. I can't help but think that we, as Australians, can be a bit harsh and should speed up the processing of refugees.
Every couple of weeks it seems that one of the major detention centres are in the headlines for everything from riots to lack of space. We shouldn't need huge detention centres, we need big processing centres to get people out of there faster!
Letting people into the country willy, nilly isn't the solution though. Australia is a beautiful country and needs to be protected sometimes. I think that we need a better way of establishing who is a refugee and who's not because I'm pretty sure that a fair portion of the people in detention have a pretty fair claim to be a refugee.
The problem started because the previous governments haven't been fast enough in the past to process refugees and it has caused a backwash of people stuck in detention. I believe it's not too late though. Something needs to change pretty quickly though.
When I think about it, it doesn't make sense. "Boat People" are just the same as us. They may look different, have different experiences, come from another culture or even speak another language but the truth is we all want a place to call home. Even the "Boat People"
I'm not saying that we should just open up our doors and pile them all in. I'm saying that something needs to change. As we all sleep in our comfortable beds in our nice warm houses, there are lots of people out there who don't have those things, they don't have any where to call home....
So much for Australia being the "Lucky Country". If you can get inside it that is.
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