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- From: welshs@Software.Mitel.COM (Susan Welsh)
- Newsgroups: ott.vietnamese
- Subject: Re: [Refugee] Can we do something about the suicides in the camps ?
- Message-ID: <13888@welshs>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 21:59:54 GMT
- References: <kmn.727026806@sybok> <1993Jan14.174507.11421@bnr.ca>
- Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada.
- Lines: 39
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- Re: not doing anything because the media are concerned with
- more "exciting" issues.
-
- (If you will pardon an interjection from a non-Vietnamese)
-
- Many Vietnamese now hold significant social and economic positions
- in Canada and the US. Many also have the vote. If you have issues
- that you want to expose to the world, do so.
-
- In past years, the US Israel lobby grew from a foundation of basically
- poor economic migrants. Same with the US Irish lobby. These groups
- have made their places in North America and have to be reckoned with
- (sometimes appeased) by the political bodies that make policy.
-
- This was the first I have heard about suicides in refugee
- camps. I presume this refers to the Vietnamese refugees held in camps
- in various parts of the world. The last I heard was that forcible
- "repatriation" was being routinely carried out in Hong Kong and other
- places. Apalling is the only word to describe the situation.
-
- Personally, I am an "economic refugee" from the U.K. What else do you
- call someone who leaves their homeland for a better life in another,
- safer, more peaceful society? Britain is not such a difficult place
- to live as Vietnam is, either. No-one is questioning my right to remain
- in Canada. The obvious conclusion is one you are all aware of anyway
- - racism.
-
- Please keep us informed if you think the media are not doing the job.
-
- All the best,
-
- Sue.
-
- Disclaimer: my views are my own, but I know a lot of folk agree with me!
- --
- Sue Welsh, Mitel Corporation, | "...had a brain like a whale; huge,
- 350 Legget Drive, P.O. Box 13089, | but straining out only shrimp-sized
- Kanata, Ontario, Canada, K2K 1X3. | thoughts." - Len Deighton
- Phase III, x1641 |
-