(FUVEST - 2006 - 1 FASE )Australians are ot known
(FUVEST - 2006 - 1 FASE )
Australians are ot known for their love of boat people.
They famously turned away a small group of Afghan refugees at the height of the war and rather amusingly, ran a scare campaign featuring crocodiles and sharks to deter would-be immigrants. But if global warming continues at its current rate, neighbouring Pacific islands could be lost to floods and Australia will be facing a new kind of intruder: climate refugees.
Although the Red Cross produced a report four years ago estimating that 58 per cent of refugees are caused by environmental factors, no one has made any attempt to tackle the issue. Oxford University’s Norman Myers recently claimed that there could be an estimated 150 million environmental refugees within the next 50 years, and half of these could land on Australia’s doorstep. But the UN refuses to grant them refugee status, and aid groups and environmentalists squabble over whose responsibility they are.
DAZED & CONFUSED July 2005
The passage says that Afghan refugees
became famous when they tried to enter Australia by boat.
found Australia’s scare campaign rather amusing.
looked for shelter in Australia during the Afghanistan war.
were sent away from Australia at the end of the Afghanistan war.
were scared when they saw Australia’s crocodiles and sharks.
