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In an advertisement printed in Pakistani newspapers on Friday, the Australian government warned readers against getting duped by people smugglers claiming they can transport them to Australian waters in hopes of getting asylum.
Written in bold at the top of the advertisement are the words: “NO WAY. You will not make Australia home.”
“If you get on a boat without a visa , you will not end up in Australia. Any vessel seeing to illegally enter Australia will be intercepted and safely removed beyond Australian waters,” reads the advertisement.
It adds that the rules apply to all: “Families, children, unaccompanied children, educated and skilled”.
The ad is worded in English, Urdu, Pashto, Dari, and Hazargi languages.
“No matter who you are or where you are from, you will not make Australia home. Think again before you waste your money. People smugglers are lying,” warns the Australian government.
The advertisement is part of a campaign “Operation Sovereign Borders”, a military-led border security initiative by the government to combat maritime people smuggling and protect Australia’s borders.
“Australia is serious about protecting its borders and will stop anyone who attempts to come illegally by boat…[People] should not believe the lies of smugglers and there is no way they will make Australia home," warns the government on the OSB website.
Australia has toughened its policy on asylum-seekers in recent years, with those arriving on unauthorised boats now refused residency in Australia even if they are deemed refugees.
Instead they are held in detention camps on nearby islands and are expected to be resettled in those countries if their claims are valid.
The Australian government has come under increased scrutiny for its treatment of asylum seekers, but the government claims its policies are meant to prevent people risking their lives at sea.
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Oct 10, 2014 04:54pm
Australia has set up prisoners camp in Thailand and Brunei, paid by them, where they will be put in pitiable and horrific conditions.
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Oct 10, 2014 05:12pm
Well - Who ever from Australian embassy/consulate has posted this, needs to be little more intelligent. It should have been posted in Urdu and in an Urdu newspaper. A person reading English newspaper in Pakistan is an educated person who will not think to enter your esteemed country illegally.
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Oct 10, 2014 05:12pm
All that glitters is not gold. Instead of seeking economic refuge in foreign, Pakistanis better take full active parts in the present political campaigns to clean the country of elitism, corruption, nepotism, sectarian divisions and other socio-political evils. Pakistan is no less better that western countries if only the people remain united and eradicate the evils and selfish rulers who are eating away our golden country.
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Oct 10, 2014 05:17pm
This is unheard of. What a shame!
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Oct 10, 2014 05:21pm
Why don't the Pakistani government ban such advertisements and deport illegal Australians residing in Pakistan.
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Oct 10, 2014 05:22pm
Barely a month ago in his visit australian PM wanted indians to come to Australia. India and pakistan started their journy together but it is sad see brothers from otherside in situation like this
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Oct 10, 2014 05:23pm
Sunil
Yes they have set up camps in Fiji and Thailand . The conditions they live in are pretty good considering where they are comming from. Sto dreading inaccurate info.
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Oct 10, 2014 05:26pm
once they settled and good money then they demand sharia law and these guys will support ISIS and behead Australian citizens.better prevent then feel sorry.
u see wat happend in UK
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Oct 10, 2014 05:28pm
Asylum seekers are mostly from war torned countries mostly because of radical islam .. this is the truth
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Oct 10, 2014 05:30pm
That's racist mate
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Oct 10, 2014 05:31pm
First, SriLanka refused asylum to Pakistani and now Australia.
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Oct 10, 2014 05:32pm
The concern Pakistan Government please we demand that all outsiders who lives in our cities have to be apprihaqnded and shunted out of Pakistan, because they are in involved in terrorism as well as in crime.
The agreement which was done between UNHCR, Afghanistan and Pakistan have to be canceled and we should not accept any request from United Nations or any other foreign countries. Please see the report that they claiming that they are big supporter of human rights and many Pakistani are in detention center in bad condition.
All the illegal people who came into Pakistan without any legal documents have to be shunted out as soon as possible.
Do we have any self respect, is there any one in the government who can do all the necessary arrangements for those who are held in detention center near by island.
I request again that we should not extend the agreement anymore with UNHCR or any other country.
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Oct 10, 2014 05:38pm
seems to me a good idea .... I hope it will help in changing the mentality of such people!
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Oct 10, 2014 05:39pm
How did Australians make Australia home? Ask the Aborigines.
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Oct 10, 2014 05:46pm
naya pakistan
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Oct 10, 2014 05:50pm
boring and depressing place no need to take a risk.
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Oct 10, 2014 05:55pm
Did the white Australians enter in Australia legally ?
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Oct 10, 2014 05:55pm
How did the present day Australians made this land their home? Didn't they force themselves in on similar boats few centuries ago? This is surely racism.
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Oct 10, 2014 05:55pm
Why no such Ads in Indian papers ?
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Oct 10, 2014 06:02pm
Did not see such advertisement in Indian newspapers !!!!!!!!
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Oct 10, 2014 06:06pm
Australians made their way to the continent after Capt Cook's discovery and now they do not want others to follow. With such harsh wordings, Australian government is igniting backlash from the locals towards Pakistanis. Similarly the way, Indian nationals were fatally targeted in recent past.
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Oct 10, 2014 06:15pm
thums up australia, we in india have been facing so much problem with illegal immigrants first they come in having a sorry face and expect everyone to give sympathy, later on this become demand for rights this is what has been happening in india for long by bangladeshis, this is standard ploy employed by human trafficers to mobilise more and more support in the country they are sucking the blood out
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Oct 10, 2014 06:16pm
if any one does not want you in there country how are they racist buddy?
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Oct 10, 2014 06:16pm
Not only Australia, countries like uk, Canada, USA and Western European nations will not take asylum seekers. Specially if they are from Islamic countries. Assylum seekers from Greece, South African or zimbawayian whites and even Russia are not treated in the same way as Sri Lankans, Indonesian, Iranians are treated by Australia.
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Oct 10, 2014 06:27pm
Not sure why people want to leave land of pure.
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Oct 10, 2014 06:35pm
Land grabbers and their fore fathers were criminals. Where is the useless navigators (UN).
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Oct 10, 2014 06:53pm
Australia is the most racist country in the world.
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Oct 10, 2014 07:00pm
Australia is known to be a country comprising of certain heavy duty racist people. The very wordings of the advertisement in Pakistani print media speaks volumes of their being a racist country. I wonder why our print media printed such an adv in the first place.
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Oct 10, 2014 07:02pm
I hope Pakistan turns the table around soon (economically) and put up the same Ad for Australians and others...
BTW, similar warnings were advertised from Australian Govt last year in the news papers of other countries including India/Srilanka/Bangladesh...
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Oct 10, 2014 07:07pm
This is not right. Australians are forgetting how much Pakistani diaspora has contributed to their economy. They should seek advise from other commonwealth/NATO nations. Where would UK NHS be without our doctors ? Or IBM,Google,Microsoft etc without our engineers ? You will see hardworking Pakistanis everywhere in Scandanavian countries. It is Australia's loss and world's gain.
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Oct 10, 2014 07:10pm
@Sailay well it IS Australia so maybe not that surprising.
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Oct 10, 2014 07:25pm
This is so inappropriate, first the inhumane addressing of asylum seekers, and then the fact that some newspapers actually took money and went on to print it.
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Oct 10, 2014 07:27pm
@Ahmed why? You would not want any one to barge in to your home. Why is it always that the refugees always run towards only the rich country, when they can choose to take shelter from neighbouring sympathetic countries?
I have seen too many people die in the process.
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Oct 10, 2014 07:29pm
@Sunil But the conditions would be much better than their own country, right?
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Oct 10, 2014 07:34pm
@Md Imran Dear Imran,
Doctors, Engineers are still welcome the advert is meant for those poor souls who enter Australia WITHOUT a valid Visa and why only Australia any country including Pakistan will not welcome anybody entering the nation without valid papers.
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Oct 10, 2014 07:38pm
@Md Imran Google,IBM,Microsoft were started by Pakistanis.
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Oct 10, 2014 08:00pm
This is an insulting advertisement and why advertise only in Pakistan? Sri Lanka is a much bigger source of boat people seeking asylum in Australia.
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Oct 10, 2014 08:03pm
@Nadeem
haha, that's exactly what i thought...
just like the Australians to not use their brain
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Oct 10, 2014 08:08pm
The newspapers should refuse to publish this hateful advert, there are better ways to write this, and most people fleeing to Aus are not Pakistani but Afghans and others using Pakistan as a transit point.
Australia is one of the most racist nations on earth, why someone would want to go there is beyond me.
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Oct 10, 2014 08:10pm
@rajdeep Pakistan has welcomed with open arms our Afghan brothers and sisters who were escaping a war not of their own making. We can't give them much, but if they're here, we won't turn them away.
So yes, some of us still have some respect for basic humanity
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Oct 10, 2014 08:13pm
Australia is a huge, underpopulated country. I don't see why they are creating such a big fuss.
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Oct 10, 2014 08:23pm
@ABG sorry gentleman can't do this with India. indians are respected here. there havent been any illegal immigrants from india for a long time. australian govt.doesnt have the guts to publish such advertisements in indian papers.
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Oct 10, 2014 08:25pm
See your country status in the world.
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Oct 10, 2014 08:33pm
How dare they make such toned message in our newspapers and how dare our newspapers put their stupid advertisement inside?? Frankly, I dont know why anyone would want to leave Pakistan. Problems are there, running away and leaving your homeland is cowardice. I have no sympathy for those who want to run away. And what is there in Australia anyways. It belongs to Aboriginals -they should be saying "No Way" to these offspring of british criminals.
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Oct 10, 2014 08:33pm
Why did Pakistan allow this ad? This is breach of sovereignty.
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Oct 10, 2014 08:42pm
@truth
They wanted educated Indians. They want educated Pakistanis too. This is saying no ASYLUM seekers will be granted refuge. Same goes for India.
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Oct 10, 2014 08:42pm
@Nadeem if you read the entire article, it says this ad has been published in several languages
"The ad is worded in English, Urdu, Pashto, Dari, and Hazargi languages"
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Oct 10, 2014 08:43pm
All they are saying is no ASYLUM seekers. If you're educated and Pakistani, you're still welcome.
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Oct 10, 2014 08:45pm
Why do Saudi Arabia and Qatar and other oil rich nations not take in refugees?
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Oct 10, 2014 08:58pm
@Feroz Because Indians respect the culture of the country they migrate to and change themselves. Pakistanis on the other hand want it both ways - plan terrorist attacks and look for faults in the country they moved to on the one hand, and enjoy the comforts and security of living in a civilized country.
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Oct 10, 2014 09:15pm
@Ali
No need to hunt or send them out,they are already gone and which is no one wants to vist becaus it is unsafe to do so and also why paksitan has to go elsewher to play their games.
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Oct 10, 2014 09:26pm
@Nadeem a person who is educated in Urdu is not educated ???
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Oct 10, 2014 09:41pm
@truth Mr Truth Don't kid yourself. Only last year an Indian student was killed in Australia in hate crime. People in Australia do not differentiate between Indian or Pakistani when it comes to hate crimes.
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Oct 10, 2014 09:43pm
Disgraceful Advertisement. There are more civilized way of giving the same message. Australians should learn from UK
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Oct 10, 2014 09:48pm
@Md Imran : I think you are confusing Pakistanis with Indians. A major percentage of UK doctors are Indian not Pakistani & a major percentage of engineers working in Silicon valley companies like Microsoft, Google etc are Indian not Pakistani. Please check your facts.
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Oct 10, 2014 10:05pm
@Md Imran u must be kidding. .barring 1-2 instances, Pakistani have no sch relation with Google, IBM, Microsoft etc...Indians have..check...how many starts up Indian origin or Indian migrated hv started in USA. .today Microsoft..headed by Indian. Google 3rd highest post after founders by an Indian. .examples are plenty. .while Pakistani are mostly found in relation to extremist speeches..
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Oct 10, 2014 10:05pm
I love it when people say that the white people took over Australia from the aborigines. The facts is that if the white folk had not taken over aborginian land, it would still be a wild jungle today & not the developed country that it is today.
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Oct 10, 2014 10:09pm
Now again actually this is a US, India and Israel joint conspiracy to malign Pakistan .....
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Oct 10, 2014 10:18pm
@Ali hahaha .. You are gone mad Mr. Ali... Who would like to live in a country like Pakistan until there is an obligation ? It's a failed state and everybody would give his 100% to get out of it and keep a distance..
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Oct 10, 2014 10:34pm
@Ali Uh!
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Oct 10, 2014 10:36pm
@Feroz That's the difference between Indian and Pakistani people !!!
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Oct 10, 2014 10:37pm
@victor And then they start making bombs to kill our own citizens. Australia should keep them away !!!
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Oct 10, 2014 10:38pm
@truth Your truth is wrong. Here the Australian Govt. is Banning Illegal entries and this is with all who are entering their border illegally. There is no discrimination between India & Pakistan on this matter if you travel to Australia legally
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Oct 10, 2014 10:42pm
@Mike ...really are there illegal Australians living in Pak? News to me
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Oct 10, 2014 10:43pm
@Nadeem really since when reading English makes you an educated person ?
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Oct 10, 2014 10:46pm
@Jungraiz ...ask yourself ...how did Islam came to Indian continent first? can you answer? same way dude
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Oct 10, 2014 10:48pm
@Nadeem really... reading English makes you an educated person and not Urdu?
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Oct 10, 2014 10:49pm
@kranti India is not far behind Pakistan
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Oct 10, 2014 10:49pm
What else can they do?
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Oct 10, 2014 10:49pm
@Syed then why are you guys going there?
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Oct 10, 2014 10:53pm
@truth Also Illegal Immigrants from India are Streaming Into US From Mexico So Pakistanis are not only the illegal Immigrants in this world
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Oct 10, 2014 10:56pm
@Ahmer
Its not targeted at pakistanis per say..... more Afghans (probably Hazaras) who have made parts of the country their home.
They have also have adverts in Sri lanka and southern india focusing on tamils
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Oct 10, 2014 10:57pm
@Feroz Because Indians don't go there to ask for sharia and behead people. They go there to either study or work legally(some illegally too) But in the end they keep atmosphere good and add value to their country and economy.
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Oct 10, 2014 11:21pm
Lol! what an irony, A refugee is suspending the basic Human Rights of his fellow Asylums.
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Oct 10, 2014 11:21pm
@Kanwarch absolutely true and depressing, india and pakistan should stick together
and not suffer jealousy, prejudice and hate
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Oct 10, 2014 11:25pm
@Mike : Illegal australians in Pakistan??? That's so funny!!
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Oct 10, 2014 11:33pm
@Mike ..illigle Australian in Pakistan??
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Oct 10, 2014 11:40pm
@Abdul Malik Guess because they were paid huge money to run them in the newspaper, for Australia its an investment cus that will deter ILLEGAL (read they allow LEGAL) wanna be immigrants. And yeh our local newspapers made some quick buck. Whats wrong with that?
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Oct 10, 2014 11:54pm
The advertisement should have been published in a Kabul newspaper and not in a Pakistani newspaper.
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Oct 11, 2014 01:31am
Good to see the ad. Maybe, this should be posted all over pakistan in bill boards and madrassas.
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Oct 11, 2014 01:40am
well done ▪ Australia. Today's innocent asylum seekers are tomorrow's terrorists. Look at recent terrorist arrested in Sydney. He was afghan refugee 10 years ago.. Australia is very smart country....First they wiill come at your door to seek asylum claiming persecution at home....after they approved. . take residency.. take flight home to visit family where they were to br killed or funny torture bla bla... ridiculous hah.. they they start preaching hatred against west...... and start imposing their own shariah laws in Western countries. .
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Oct 11, 2014 02:16am
@Nadeem you seems to have problem in reading English because news indicates that the ad was worded in multiple language!!
"The ad is worded in English, Urdu, Pashto, Dari, and Hazargi languages"
Obviously dawn does not want to print all the ads in all the language !!
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Oct 11, 2014 03:16am
Australians are doing what British did to them.
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Oct 11, 2014 05:28am
Australia is talking about illegal immigrants and human traficking. I as a Pakistani agree with them - this should stop. There are legal ways to enter another country which Australia is encouraging. Second, Pakistan should improve human rights conditions thus allowing its citizens to live in peace and dignity. Look how we treat our household helpers not to mention others.
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Oct 11, 2014 07:52am
I am living in Australia and have seen many other countries believe me I will suggest my other countrymen do not come to Australia there is no job and even if you find a job there is no carrier progression. Due to small population and bad government policies there is not much scope for small businesses. Australia is a third world countries of the Western World. Far far behind than USA, France and Germany.
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Oct 11, 2014 08:12am
The ad itself is insensitive. Instead of saying " No Way," a simple don't be fooled by human traffickers would have been more appropriate. It is true that asylum seekers go through tremendous hardship and even end up dead.
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Oct 11, 2014 08:16am
@Mike I don't think there are any illegal Australian residing in Pakistan. Are they crazy.....
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Oct 11, 2014 12:52pm
@Ajay. You are so right! Why don't rich Arab neighbors lend a helping hand, and take in some of the refugees. After all Pakistan looks to Saudi Arabia for spiritual and economic help.
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Oct 11, 2014 01:06pm
So if anyone requests to enter another land he or she is a refugee. If enters without permission an alien. If enters by force and overthrow the local regime a "liberator" not a coloniolist.
Just have a look at Australian military history, one will be pleasantly surprized.
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Oct 11, 2014 01:50pm
This is how the world looks at you Pakistan..
No such ads in Indian media...
Wake up (at least now)
Pl don't take it otherwise.
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Oct 12, 2014 08:18am
@ch you really dont know why people want to leave the country? Why we are in denial. We messed up everything. First We have to accept that our country is in trouble then start focusing on how we can make our country happy and prosperous.
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Oct 12, 2014 08:56am
@Nadeem The ad is worded in English, Urdu, Pashto, Dari, and Hazargi languages.
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Oct 12, 2014 09:00am
@ahmedj Australia as a nation, did not exist until 1901. It was the British who invaded the Australian continent, along with many others at that time.
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Oct 12, 2014 09:04am
@Md Imran Australia is still accepting Pakistani (and other) immigrants, but only if they do all the paperwork beforehand and obtain legal visas
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Oct 12, 2014 09:08am
@shah Australia is not against immigration, as long as it is done through proper channels, legally.
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Oct 12, 2014 09:13am
@Ridwan They will still take asylum seekers who come on a plane with a visa.
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Oct 12, 2014 10:02am
We need Naya Pakistan to earn respect in the world! These corrupt politicians who kill their own people and build assets outside the country can not bring any change.
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Oct 12, 2014 03:20pm
@Nadeem
The likes on your comment are evidence of now many people do not read more then the headlines..
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Oct 12, 2014 06:22pm
@Syed
Australia may be a racist country according to you, but look at "visa to Australia" seekers line up at its embassy in Islamabad. It stretches miles. Why don't Pakistanis go to Saudi Arabia or all-weather friend China?
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Oct 12, 2014 07:37pm
Australians do have the right to keep their country free of Jihad . Although it is a losing battle.
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Oct 12, 2014 07:38pm
@Ahmed Then you better stay in your country and not pollute other people's lands.
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Oct 12, 2014 07:40pm
@tanveer khan You would probably give your right arm to get into Australia on the......... quite. Have heard this before many times.
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Oct 12, 2014 11:26pm
@ABG Yeah like around 3000 years. LOL
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Oct 13, 2014 02:19am
@Naseem - person reading English newspaper in Pakistan is an educated person who will not think to enter your esteemed country illegally.
Boss, these migration Centres are run by educated, poor people gets trapped and pay them to get in a vessel.
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Oct 13, 2014 09:38am
@Syed
O Bhai Syed. You are living in Australia and in return spreading lies about it. I would give you the benefit of doubt and may be you are simply uneducated. So let me educate you.
Australia has one of the world’s highest per capita income. Its HDI (Google up if you do not know what HDI is. If you do not know what Google is, there is no hope) is number 2 in the world (oh yes, much higher than USA, France and Germany). When world was under GFC, Australia was booming. I migrated to Australia 5 years back and living the dream now. Instead of finding fault with everyone, maybe try to get out of the ghetto mentality first, respect the lifestyle & healthcare you have been lucky to have, make some local friends. Job and life will surely follow.
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Oct 14, 2014 01:13pm
There is one more thing to remember: when Pakistani or other Asian students look for jobs, they are descriminated against.
The most outrageous thing is that European and American students have a lot of respect there but most of Europeans and Americans are NON FEE PAYING STUDENTS - they are studying there on exchange programs!!! but there are no exchange programs for Asians.
Asians should stop feeding the education system of Australia and other countries who have little respect for them.
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