Are backpackers marginalised migrants?
I stretching things too far?
In 2007-08 the number of working holiday-makers young people increased by nearly 14.5% from 2006–07 to 2007–08 (DIAC). The report for 2008-09 will be released at the end of this month. Despite the global economic crisis, it is expected that the number of young people entering Australia on [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘citizenship’
October 9, 2009
Backpackers: yet another category of exploited migrants
October 6, 2009
An “inevitable cycle of bloodshed and multicultural street festivals”
Friend A: “I like Adelaide better than Melbourne. When you walk around some parts of Melbourne you don’t even feel like you are in Australia, with the mosques everywhere. I think the government is letting in too many people who are different to us.”
Friend B “We are peaceful and hard working. Not like a lot [...]
August 7, 2009
Remove your hat! It’s the immigration department!
The Sydney Daily Telegraph reports that a female bus passenger was at first denied, and then delayed from boarding while wearing the niqab (a veil that fully covered her face). The driver is alleged to have asked the passenger to take off her “mask” because it was “against the law to wear it on board”. [...]
January 22, 2009
Citizens get better pets, clothes
Now, if you become a Citizen, you can:
Buy special clothing!
Upgrade to a house!
And, coming soon:
Pet upgrades!
Even in virtual worlds citizens get all the breaks.
For more fun go to Playing games with people’s lives
January 17, 2009
2nd & 3rd class citizenship in Canada and the UK
In Australia we used to have two grades of refugees. Refugees who were selected overseas by UNHCR and Australian immigration officials arrived in Australia with automatic Permanent Protection Visas. Refugees who arrived in Australia first and then asked immigration to determine if they were refugees were given second class refugee status, the Temporary Protection Visa.
The [...]
January 3, 2009
Are babies citizens?
baby born on plane given Canadian citizenship
Just to illustrate how capricious the citizenship business is, this item appeared in the Times Online of January 3, 2009 – a Ugandan mother, on a flight from Amsterdam to Boston, now has a daughter who is considered a Canadian citizen because she was born in Canadian airspace. A [...]
