BY:AMANDA HODGE AND PAUL MALEY
From:The Australian
July 26, 2012 12:00AM
FOR two years Hazaras in Pakistan have had a daily reminder of the perils of travelling to Australia by boat.
Lurid billboards plastered around the shopping districts of the border town of Quetta carry dark warnings of death at sea and the hostile reception that awaits anyone reckless enough to try.
But with boat arrivals at record levels, messages sponsored by Canberra in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indonesia and Sri Lanka have had little discernible impact.
Boats arrivals are averaging one daily and many of their passengers are from Quetta.
Now, whether by coincidence or design, Altaf Hussain Zafdari's latest low-budget telemovie on the perils Hazaras face trying to reach Australia by boat aligns perfectly with Canberra's long-running campaign to dissuade the persecuted Shia Muslim community from seeking asylum.
The Message, or Mangee in Hazara language, which follows the ultimately doomed passage of Taimoor from his parents' home in Quetta has already aired on local and Afghan television and been released on YouTube....Continue Reading.....
From:The Australian
July 26, 2012 12:00AM
FOR two years Hazaras in Pakistan have had a daily reminder of the perils of travelling to Australia by boat.
Lurid billboards plastered around the shopping districts of the border town of Quetta carry dark warnings of death at sea and the hostile reception that awaits anyone reckless enough to try.
But with boat arrivals at record levels, messages sponsored by Canberra in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indonesia and Sri Lanka have had little discernible impact.
Boats arrivals are averaging one daily and many of their passengers are from Quetta.
Now, whether by coincidence or design, Altaf Hussain Zafdari's latest low-budget telemovie on the perils Hazaras face trying to reach Australia by boat aligns perfectly with Canberra's long-running campaign to dissuade the persecuted Shia Muslim community from seeking asylum.
The Message, or Mangee in Hazara language, which follows the ultimately doomed passage of Taimoor from his parents' home in Quetta has already aired on local and Afghan television and been released on YouTube....Continue Reading.....
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