re: 1 billion for indonesia?+ refugees?
Well here we go, now we are offering to take refugees, i spent new years in sydney and it was my first time there and for better or worse you work it out i was shocked by the amount of ethnics there, even the tourists commented to me on just how great a part they make up of sydneys population. *********************************** Australia may take in tsunami survivors 1:11 PM January 6
The Federal Government has raised the possibility of accepting refugees from Asian countries affected by the Boxing Day tsunami.
Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone says Australia's overall aid to the affected region is being assessed daily.
"Our refugee and humanitarian intake is settled on an annual basis on advice from the UN as to where we should take people from," she said.
"Where there's been a disaster or a crisis has broken out, frequently our intake then shifts to that area to meet that need.
"It's just too early at this stage to tell whether that will happen."
