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Established refugee communities call for more debate

Established refugee communities call for more debate

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DATE : Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:01:27 +1000
Entered in Database : 2009-11-06 02:01:27
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The President of the group calling itself the Vietnamese Community in Australia says he understands the desperation of asylum seekers. Phong Nguyen came to Australia from a refugee camp in Indonesia in 1979, after fleeing the aftermath of the Vietnam war. Many of his compatriots were amongst the first asylum seekers to come to Australia by boat, as were others from Laos and Cambodia. Mr Nguyen says many in the Vietnamese community support the current government's border protection approach. But he says asylum seekers should also be treated with compassion.

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