The world’s biggest refugee camp is getting bigger. Fast. The steady stream of new arrivals at the Dadaab refugee camp has now officially become a flood, writes Rafiq Copeland.
African refugees
Accusations fly over racist pamphlet drop
A furore has erupted in the Victorian Parliament, with a federal MP accused of using a stoush over public housing to incite a racist campaign against Africans.
Attention journalists: there was no Flemington race riot
What exactly are we trying to achieve here? Integration, peaceful settlement and harmony? From Flemington, it looks more like demonization, writes Margaret Simons.
Race? Riot? Whatever happened to getting both sides of the story?
The staggering thing is that the African community still manages to hope for fair treatment by the media, writes Margaret Simons.
Conflict in the Congo: a Crikey wrap
Violence, rebel armies sponsored by the Rwandan government, failing cease-fires, Guatemalan militia brought in as peace keeping troops and cholera breaks out in refugee camps… what’s going on?
Rudd must tackle Islamophobia
Kevin Rudd must make tacking the growing problem of Islamophobia in Australia a key priority in government, writes Julie Posetti.
Tips and rumours
Howard to pick up Andrews’ lead on African immigrants in speech tonight? Tampa for 2007? In this morning’s Australian: In a speech delivered today in Melbourne, Mr Andrews will tell the 12th International Metropolis Conference on immigration policy that confidence in the migration program will be undermined if the community is “denied a voice”. Refugee groups […]
Kevin Andrews and Africans: in his own words
We know he’s no racist, we have his own word on that, but what does Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews really think about African refugees? Crikey intern Alice Gage investigates.
