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...Essay The homeless mentally ill are dying with their rights on. They do not need our sympathy; they need our help. They need asylum...
...clear that Canberra's China nannies are a busy bunch. A single incident or issue - hardball iron-ore price negotiations, the persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual movement or the defection of a Chinese diplomat, such as Chen Yonglin, the senior consular official in Sydney who has sought political asylum in Australia - is not likely to bring about an irreversible deterioration in relations. The diplomatic game quickly moves...
...much mealy-mouthed comment among Australia's political leaders, you wish they would speak less and do more. Not so long ago, it was clear where Australia's leadership stood on such matters. The Australian public is less equivocal. Already there is strong support for Chen's claim for asylum; ordinary people can readily identify a (crazy) brave act and seem grateful for Chen's heads-up based on his allegations of an army of Chinese informants operating in their country. Ambassador Fu Ying offers the idea that Chen is an opportunist who has chosen to remain in Australia...
...releasing statistics on refugees earlier this year, citing security concerns). But tighter border controls aren't the only reason fewer North Koreans are getting out. Since the airlift from Vietnam, South Korean officials have publicly discouraged organized efforts to help North Koreans leave. Seoul has also tightened screening of asylum seekers and reduced cash settlements for newly arrived defectors from $36,000 to $20,000, money that many used to rescue relatives stuck in North Korea and China. "The government is trying so hard to discourage defectors from coming to South Korea," says Park Sang Hak, an activist with...
...SEEKING ASYLUM. CHEN YONGLIN, 37, political-affairs consul at the Chinese consulate in Sydney; in Australia. Chen told Australian immigration authorities last week that he was part of a 1,000-strong Chinese spy network in the country responsible for keeping tabs on Chinese dissidents and members of the Falun Gong religious group, and that he would "rather die" than return home. His request has not yet been granted and he remains in hiding in Australia with his family. Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott said Chen "is at no risk of being sent back to China." A Chinese Foreign Ministry...