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Andrews sparks anti-African abuse: community
October 9, 2007 - 10:18AM
Source: ABC
The African community in the south-west New South Wales city of Wagga Wagga says it has faced abuse since federal Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews said African refugees were slow to integrate.
Mr Andrews has slashed the intake of African refugees in favour of increased numbers from the Middle East and Asia, citing a report he said revealed concerns about violence and race-based gangs.
The community has called a public meeting in response to what it says is vilification sparked by the Minister.
Sudanese community leader John Moi says while some of Wagga Wagga's 300 African residents have received phone calls of support, others have been abused in the street or at work.
"We have been hearing incidences on the street and the market places that the people are being called black people - 'Go back to Africa'," he said.
"Those are some of the incidences we are starting to hear but it is also isolated. If this is not stopped now it might lead to more comments like that."
He says part of the meeting is about calling for calm.
"I even try to pass that message out to the community to be calm, not to create fear in themselves with a few isolated cases of insult or abuse or things like that," he said.
Mr Moi has invited local MPs and police to Saturday's public meeting and says he hopes the Federal Government clarifies its views on African refugees by then.
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Having been to Wagga Wagga, just being there is abuse enough for em!
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What is it with New South are short of people they seem to take anyone. :-\
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NSW = crap state, let em take all of em in so none of us down here in Vic have to deal with it!
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Aye Aye but I think they are getting a little close to the border. Sydney is far better for them ^-^
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Sydney as a city is dead, half of the west is under islamic jihadist control already, most of the Aussies from these areas have long been displaced by these savages.
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Yessss thats why I said put them there ::)
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With the longest drought in history and a catastrophic water crisis, why does Australia take ANYBODY? Especially turd world losers! >:(
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We should be getting rid of people, starting with the leftie white socialist scum that live in inner city, expensive suburbs like Windsor, Armadale, Parkville etc. who have no clue of the real world. Let's send them all to North Korea so they can see how much of an active and wonderful political system they have over there in comparison to the evil imperialist and capitalist west.