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[Bob]

In ‘79 the Malaysian and Indonesian governments definitely turned away Vietnamese boats. But when they realized it was too complicated to ‘protect’ the thousands of islands and under western pressure, they made a deal with the UN to create the refugee center on pulau Galang. Only for temporary stays (“we don’t want them here”) and to paid for by the UN. Many newspaper articles from ‘79 as in the NYT describe that situation. If I were Vietnamese in the US, I would not be grateful but upset with the RI government.

It was better than pushing them back to sea, and apparently the Indonesians they dealt with were pretty decent toward them.
It wasn't so temporary. The camp was used for years.

 

[Balifrog]

It is a sad state of affairs that the world is awash with people hoping for a better life by illegally entering other countries. Before this became such a big issues many countries passed legislation regarding rights for refugees or people without documents which enabled them to stay while seeking asylum or entry permits. Now many of these countries regret that humanitarian response. Australia seeks to get around their own laws by having boat people immediately sent to places like Nauru where they will then not have eligibility for these humanitarian provisions. The costs of relocating and processing refugees and illegals have become enormous and tiggered the popularity of the right wing in many countries beset with this problem

Who created those situations ?
USA as usual.
V.N, Irak, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya.....
Who created the push Eastwards in Europe ? Trying to bring Ukraine in NATO ?
Cuba ? South America ?