11. The Home Secretary has made it absolutely clear that he remains committed to meeting our obligation to genuine refugees. 12. At first, they lived like genuine refugees, eight to a couple of rooms. 13. But refugee advocates said there may still be genuine refugees among those being sent back. 14. The asylum provisions effectively impose the absurd presumption that anyone who flees a country without proper papers is not a genuine refugee. 15. Unless means are devised to ensure that aid serves only humanitarian purposes, millions of genuine refugees may no longer find compassion and support generously available. 16. Advocacy groups say Vietnamese have turned violent because their asylum requests were unfairly handled and genuine refugees were sent home. 17. After the asylum seekers are processed, some of those who are found to be genuine refugees will be able to apply to come to Australia, he said. 18. Ahmad Kamil said international fatigue had begun to show even with respect to accepting genuine refugees. 19. But campaigners for the Vietnamese say government screening programs were flawed and that genuine refugees are being sent back. 20. But he said that in the rush to meet the deadline, some genuine refugees could be sent back to Vietnam, where they face possible persecution. |