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Originally Posted by mswhin63
We had a good peaceful transistion for a while when Howard made changes nw Rudd has made the past tension come back again.
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Rudd made the tensions come back? According to the figures TrevorW posted, it's been increasing since 2005.
And it's interesting to note, that the majority of these refugees are coming from Sri Lanka fleeing from the civil war. In Dec 2001, a cease fire was delcared which was signed with international mediation in 2002.
2002 – 1 boat – 1 person (Cease fire)
2003 – 1 boat – 53 people (Cease fire)
2004 – 1 boat – 15 people (Cease fire)
2005 – 4 boats – 11 people (Limited hostilies begin)
2006 – 6 boats – 60 people (Hostilities escalate with offensive July 2006, driving the Tamils out of the Eastern Province)
2007 – 5 boats – 148 people (Continued hostilities - Tamils declare they will resume freedom fight)
2008 – 7 boats – 161 people (Sri Lanka formally withdraw from cease fire, open conflict)
Tamils defeated in 2009, and now we have an influx of refugees.
Interesting.....but no it's the Government's policies.
