Australian Candidates Seek to Limit Refugees
09/01/2013
Iranian asylum seekers were caught in Indonesian waters while sailing to Australia.
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But first, we take you to Australia as the country prepares for elections.
Immigration is becoming one of the important themes in the Australian election campaign. Since January, more than 16,000 illegal migrants have arrived in Australia by boat.
The country’s two major parties are promising stronger measures to limit these migrants.
But critics say stricter measures hurt people who already need help. In recent months, several boats carrying asylum seekers from Indonesia have sunk. Many people have drowned.
Labor Party Prime Minister Kevin Rudd wants to send asylum seekers who come by boat to a nearby country, Papua New Guinea. He says they will not be able to move later to Australia. His plan, he says, is about saving lives, not winning votes.
“Australians have had enough of seeing asylum seekers dying in the waters to our north and northwest. They’ve had enough of people smugglers profiting from death.”
Mr. Rudd’s opponent is Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott. Mr. Abbott wants to use Australia’s military to stop the boats.
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