Securitisation of Australian Aid

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"...In Myanmar, just five days ago, The Department of Immigration announced it was giving an unspecified amount to the country over a five year period to strengthen ?capacity for stronger border management?. Indeed Scott Morrison, at the beginning of the year, strangely referred to borders as ?Australia?s greatest asset? and since that time has channeled millions in aid and Department of Immigration and border security funding to export border technologies throughout the region under the rhetoric of ?anti-people smuggling?, including in Cambodia. In the Myanmar case, it is clear that this is a blatant attempt to deal with the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya asylum seekers trying to make their way to Australia. There are currently 140,000 Rohingya in displacement camps and an unknown number who have already tried to make the perilous trip southwards..."

Creator/author: 

Tim Frewer

Source/publisher: 

"New Mandala"

Date of Publication: 

2014-12-05

Date of entry: 

2014-12-14

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English

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