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Rain can't dampen a love for freedom for asylum seekers in Australia
EXCLUSIVE by Gemma Jones
The Daily Telegraph
June 12, 2012 12:00AM
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Two Afghani asylum seekers seeing the sights of Sydney. They are on temporary bridging visas / Pic: Craig Greenhill Source: The Daily Telegraph
AFTER arriving in Australia on a leaky boat, these two asylum seekers were given good food and accommodation at a Queensland detention centre - but nothing compares to the taste of freedom.
That was their opinion yesterday after enjoying their first week in a western Sydney family's house as part of the government's homestay plan.
The 22-year-old and 26-year-old Hazara men from Afghanistan are among the first to be housed by Australian families enlisted by the government as it grapples with its asylum seeker crisis.
Yesterday the men were taken on a driving tour of Sydney landmarks with their host family, including Michelle and her three foster children, who arrived as unaccompanied minors from Afghanistan.
Over the weekend they celebrated one of the foster boy's 18th birthday with a party at the family's Western Sydney home.
One of the asylum seekers, who cannot be identified, said he had suffered depression due to experiences in his home country and had struggled with life inside a detention centre in far north Queensland.
"It is good because we were in detention and we have experienced freedom so it is very exciting," the 22-year-old said.
"In detention we had good accommodation, good food but (no) freedom. In detention we had mental and health problems. We were very depressed."
Both men arrived on the same boat six months ago and claimed they were unable to carry their own documentation out of Afghanistan because they are Hazaras and were never issued with birth certificates.
Under a Coalition government they would have to prove they had not destroyed their documentation or face a presumption against refugee status.
The asylum seekers released into homes through the Australian Homestay Network have advanced in claims for protection and the asylum seeker said he looked forward to staying in Australia.
"We are looking for a safe place. We are looking for a place where we can live freely (and) can express our religion and our ethnicity," he said.
Michelle said she enjoyed having the asylum seekers. She receives $280 a week to house them but said she was not doing it for money.
The Daily Telegraph
June 12, 2012 12:00AM
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Two Afghani asylum seekers seeing the sights of Sydney. They are on temporary bridging visas / Pic: Craig Greenhill Source: The Daily Telegraph
AFTER arriving in Australia on a leaky boat, these two asylum seekers were given good food and accommodation at a Queensland detention centre - but nothing compares to the taste of freedom.
That was their opinion yesterday after enjoying their first week in a western Sydney family's house as part of the government's homestay plan.
The 22-year-old and 26-year-old Hazara men from Afghanistan are among the first to be housed by Australian families enlisted by the government as it grapples with its asylum seeker crisis.
Yesterday the men were taken on a driving tour of Sydney landmarks with their host family, including Michelle and her three foster children, who arrived as unaccompanied minors from Afghanistan.
Over the weekend they celebrated one of the foster boy's 18th birthday with a party at the family's Western Sydney home.
One of the asylum seekers, who cannot be identified, said he had suffered depression due to experiences in his home country and had struggled with life inside a detention centre in far north Queensland.
"It is good because we were in detention and we have experienced freedom so it is very exciting," the 22-year-old said.
"In detention we had good accommodation, good food but (no) freedom. In detention we had mental and health problems. We were very depressed."
Both men arrived on the same boat six months ago and claimed they were unable to carry their own documentation out of Afghanistan because they are Hazaras and were never issued with birth certificates.
Under a Coalition government they would have to prove they had not destroyed their documentation or face a presumption against refugee status.
The asylum seekers released into homes through the Australian Homestay Network have advanced in claims for protection and the asylum seeker said he looked forward to staying in Australia.
"We are looking for a safe place. We are looking for a place where we can live freely (and) can express our religion and our ethnicity," he said.
Michelle said she enjoyed having the asylum seekers. She receives $280 a week to house them but said she was not doing it for money.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
مستونگ بم دھماکہ، دو افراد ہلاک
آخری وقت اشاعت: پير 11 جون 2012 , 08:25 GMT 13:25 PST
بلوچستان کے علاقے مستونگ میں ریمورٹ کنٹرول بم دھماکے میں دو افرادہلاک اورچالیس زخمی ہوئے ہیں۔
دھماکہ اس وقت ہوا جب ایران جانے والے زائرین کی بس چند لمحے قبل وہاں سے گذرگئی تھی۔
کوئٹہ سے بی بی سی کے نامہ نگارایوب ترین نے بتایا کہ یہ واقعہ سوموار کے روز کوئٹہ سے ساٹھ کلومیٹرجنوب میں واقع ضلع مستونگ کے علاقے درینگڑ کے مقام پر پیش آیا۔
کوئٹہ سے ایران جانے والے زائرین کی ایک بس دھماکہ ہونے سے چند لمحے قبل گذری تھی۔ تاہم کوئٹہ سے نوشکی جانے والی مسافربس دھماکے کی زد میں آگئی۔ جس کے نتیجے میں دو افراد ہلاک اور چالیس سے زیاد ہ زخمی ہوگئے۔
دھماکے میں شدید زخمی ہونے والوں کو بولان میڈیکل ہسپتال کوئٹہ منتقل کردیاگیا جہاں بعض کی حالت تشویشناک بتائی گئی ہے۔
مستونک سے مقامی صحافی عطاء اللہ بلوچ کے مطابق کم زخمی ہونے والوں کوسول ہسپتال مستونگ منتقل کردیاگیا ہے۔
دھماکے کے بعد پولیس اور فرنٹئیر کور کے اہلکار موقع پر پہنچ گئے اور دھماکے سے تباہ شدہ بس کے ملبے کوہٹاکر کوئٹہ تافتان قومی شاہراہ کو ٹریفک کے لیے کھول دیاگیاہے۔
یاد رہے کہ اس قبل بھی کوئٹہ تافتان قومی شاہراہ پر مستونگ کے علاقے میں ایران میں زیارتوں کے لیے کوئٹہ سے جانے والے زائرین پر کئی حملے ہوچکے ہیں جس میں سے زیادہ ترحملوں کی ذمہ داری لشکرجھنگوی نے قبول کی ہے۔
50 injured in blast near passenger bus
QUETTA: An explosion near a passenger bus on way from Mastung to Noshki wounded scores of passengers, Geo News reported.
Levies sources said that the blast occurred near the bus on way from Matung to Noshki at a place Darengra. Initially it could not be known as to whether the blast took place inside the bus or the explosives were planted on roadside.
More than 50 passengers were wounded as a result of the blast, according to initial report, while death also feared according to some information.
The injured being shifted to Mastung Civil Hospital.
More than 50 passengers were wounded as a result of the blast, according to initial report, while death also feared according to some information.
The injured being shifted to Mastung Civil Hospital.
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