Boat people essays

Boat people essays A group of Afghan boat have tried to come to Australia but they werent accepted to Australia and were transferred to Nauru from the navy ship HMAS Manoora. Hundreds of locals turned up at Naurus main port to watch the group ferried to land on Australian Navy landing craft. As Women performed dances, each asylum seeker was handed a small bunch of flowers. They were then put in to six dusty school buses for the five-kilometre ride to a temporary camp built by Australian troops in Naurus barren interior. As they approached the dock, some of the group held up a banner saying Thanks from honourable government of Naurus for giving protection and shelters for Afghan refugees. The Afghans were taken to Nauru on board the HMAS Manoora after the Australian Government turned them away in a hardline stand against people smugglers who each year ship thousands of refugees to Australia. All of the asylum seekers were wearing Western-style clothes and carrying black plastic bags. They were from a group of 433 rescued from a sinking ferry last month by the crew of Norwegian cargo ship. The Tampa. As the navy completes the process of unloading the entire group in coming days 150women and children will be flown from Nauru to New Zealand for processing. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees spokeswoman Marissa Bandharangshi said at this stage it is only concerned with the applications of the asylum seekers transferred from the Tampa to the Manoora. The remaining 230 asylum seekers picked up in Australian waters by Manoora on September 7th. ...