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20 December 2011

Wake up to the real refugee issue, Australia

The problem in this debate is not people smuggling.

By Grace Jennings-Edquist

The drowning of hundreds of Australia-bound asylum seekers in Indonesian waters this week has highlighted, once again, the pressing need for Australian to rethink its refugee policy. Instead, political discourse has quickly degenerated to finger-pointing and vilification of people smugglers.

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