Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Biting The Hand That Feeds You
A 10-year-old Iranian boy has launched a landmark legal case against the Australian government.If things were that bad, maybe he should have stayed in Iran.
Shayan Badraie claims his time in refugee detention camps caused catastrophic mental health problems.
I'm not saying the detention camps were perfect, or that the boy has not suffered, but did not Australia take them in -- feed them and give them a place to live? Does this not strike anyone else as just a tad bit ungrateful? After all, the Australians would have been well within their rights to leave the refugee boat floating around, or to deport the family.
