SIEV X

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http://sievx.com/

Did the Australian Government contribute to the deaths of 353 asylum-seekers?

Is there a relationship between the sinking of SIEVX and Australia's People Smuggling Disruption Program (PSDP) that was operating in Indonesia at the time the vessel foundered?

When will the Howard Government respond to the repeated calls for a judicial inquiry into the people smuggling disruption program in Indonesia and the sinking of SIEVX?

The Senate has four times called for a full powers independent judicial inquiry into these matters - firstly in the CMI Report tabled in Parliament in October 2002 (p.xx); secondly in a Senate motion moved by John Faulkner in December 2002, thirdly in October 2003 just before the second anniversary and more recently in another Senate motion moved by Andrew Bartlett in June 2004. The government is yet to respond...

Why is Australia still cruelly punishing the SIEVX survivors and their families living in Australia?

Australia is denying permanent residency to survivors living here unlike other countries who provided secure residency to those who survived SIEVX. On the eve of the second anniversary of the sinking, Democrats Leader, Senator Andrew Bartlett moved a motion in the Senate, which included a request to the new Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone to grant permanent visas on humanitarian grounds to the SIEVX survivors and those who had close family members who drowned on SIEVX. So far this request has been met with resounding silence.

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Target practice perhaps? .. when, has, the Oz goverment cared for people....?