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Excerpt from the article by LYN BENDER Australias treatment of refugees on Manus Island has disturbing similarities to the treatment of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany before World War II says Lyn Bender, whose parents fled Poland before the War. As Tony Abbott praises the great work of guards in riot gear rushing in to control helpless refugees imprisoned in a compound, the suffering, attempted hangings, swallowing of razor blades, thirst and hunger continues at Manus. I ask myself: what have we all become? My father was a refugee. So was my mother. Is it this fact that prompts me to ask why are we not all horrified at the cruelty and abuse of our refugee “policy”? How can a government that thinks like a reincarnated Nazi machine, get away with such brutality? How can they refuse to disclose the true story while professing to champion free speech? Drawing comparisons between Australia’s offshore detention centres and the Nazi concentration camps is usually slammed as over the top and as a travesty. Yet Thomas Keneally, author of Schindlers Ark, in 2004 compared Australia’s detention centres to concentration camps. READ MORE = https://independentaustralia.net/australia/australia-display/advance-australia-unfair-je-suis-les-refugees-du-manus,7294
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 03:19:49 +0000

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