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  • Australia could be 'swamped' by asylum seekers

    09/13/2009 12:06:52 AM PDT · by myknowledge · 4 replies · 523+ views
    News Limited ^ | September 13, 2009
    AUSTRALIA risked being 'swamped' by asylum-seekers, the Federal Opposition warned, if boat arrivals continued at their current rate, with three arriving this week alone. The interception of a third vessel in a week prompted the coalition to suggest there was a risk up to 10,000 asylum-seekers could start heading to Australia by boat each year. The Australian Greens accused the Opposition of dog-whistle politics. "The unfortunate thing here is the Howard government did make some capital out of dog-whistling on refugees seeking asylum in this country," Greens leader Bob Brown told reporters. "The whistle now has to get a bit...