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After the Boats
Robert Manne
其他書名
Ending the Stalemate in Australia's Refugee Debate
出版Schwartz Publishing Pty, Limited, 2015-04-22
主題Social Science / Emigration & ImmigrationSocial Science / Refugees
ISBN18639572789781863957274
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=uijjrQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Today there are more than 30,000 asylum seekers in limbo in Australia, languishing in detention or on bridging visas in miserable uncertainty, unable to work or plan a future. At the same time, things have spiralled out of control for the asylum seekers housed on Nauru and Manus Island.In this brilliantly argued intervention, Robert Manne shows why Australia's toxic refugee debate has reached a stalemate. But precisely because the boats have stopped there is now an opportunity to show compassion for these people if the two opposing camps in the debate can think afresh and get out of their trenches.On the one side there are those supporting the idea of leaving even genuine refugees in permanent limbo. On the other there are those arguing for a return to open borders. Manne argues that both sides in this debate must reconsider. We can't return to open borders unless we accept the consequences - mass drownings, the arrival of very large numbers of asylum seekers, and deepening public hostility to them. We can't continue to leave these refugees in limbo unless we are content to inflict great cruelty that has no purpose on 30,000 human beings in Australia's care.This short book will have a personal dimension, as Manne looks at how his views have changed over time. He interviews several asylum seekers in detention or on bridging visas and paints vivid portraits of their lives. He also looks at the psychology of inertia in government and how we reached this low point.