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Friday, October 5, 2007

"No More Brown People," says Australia

Though African refugees are only 30% of the total annual refugee influx, the Australian government is banning--pardon me, "freezing"--any further immigration on African refugees, including those coming fleeing genocide in Sudan. The official reason is that refugees of Iraq and Burma are more important for the time being and that African refugees aren't so good at the whole "integration into society" aspect of immigration.

Speculated unofficial reasons include: xenophobia and the pending election.

Get the scoop here.

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