“By putting refugees out of sight, it makes it much easier for the Abbott Government to depersonalise them and encourage their demonization by the public at large, writes Lyn Bender. ARE YOU TIRED of hearing about refugees and boats? I certainly am. In 2009 I was weary of the subject when I wrote in the Fairfax press: “it’s déjà vu as those people cry for help.” In those days, refugees were being referred to as people — albeit derogatively, as ‘those’ or ‘these’ people. But imagine how tired the refugees are becoming of this endless groundhog day of persecution that I wrote about in 2012. But of course as I said, we’re not racist we are just trying to “stop the boats”. Yet he is willing to stand united with his party sending unaccompanied minors to Nauru.
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