A 14 year old Australian is arrested in Indonesia for possessing cannabis and this makes headline news here, causes Ministerial statements and considerable public anxiety over the imprisonment of a minor, while his actions are investigated. Meanwhile, back in Australia, 79 under 18 year old boys are arrested off our shores, sent to an isolated Australian centre in the middle of nowhere and imprisoned there in high security, under guard 24 hours a day. Their crime ---seeking refuge in our country.
But their imprisonment and future fate hardly raise a murmur here.
UPDATE:
Pure Poison doesn't want to suggest that 'we have more sympathy for an Australian boy imprisoned in Indonesia than an Indonesian boy imprisoned in Australia (who’s not even alleged to have committed a crime) out of anything so base and repugnant as racism… but '.....
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But their imprisonment and future fate hardly raise a murmur here.
UPDATE:
Pure Poison doesn't want to suggest that 'we have more sympathy for an Australian boy imprisoned in Indonesia than an Indonesian boy imprisoned in Australia (who’s not even alleged to have committed a crime) out of anything so base and repugnant as racism… but '.....
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