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Canada’s No. 1 with people-smugglers
by Scott Gilbreath ~ January 9th, 2009
Check out this headline at The Australian online newspaper:
Australia’s No2 with people-smugglers
So, who’s No. 1?
PAKISTANI people-smugglers recommend Australia as the second-best destination for seeking asylum after Canada, according to one of the 134 Asian and Middle Eastern asylum-seekers intercepted off the Australian coast since October.
Sadiq Bahram, an ethnic Hazara from Afghanistan who has reached Australian waters twice from Indonesia since 1999, said known in Pakistan were former police officers who charged $US15,000 ($21,000) for passage to Canada, $US10,000 to Australia and $US9000 to Europe.
In the first interview with any member of the seven boatloads of asylum-seekers now living or being detained on Christmas Island, Mr Bahram said: “They tell me Canada is the best, second is Australia and third is Europe but I tell them I want Australia, I love Australia and its people …
How long before Mr Bahram appears in an Australian tourism ad?
h/t: EuropeNews
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