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Letter: Wrong to demonise Australia’s “boat people”

Sunraysia Daily

WHEN the First Fleet sailed into Botany Bay, Australia’s first “boat people” had arrived. The convicts, (frequently referred to as “refuse”) , were forced by their government to leave their home country because of the appalling social and economic conditions in England.Much later in Australia’s history, mainly after World War II, thousands of “boat people”, refugees, […]

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