联邦工党政府新招数 难民申请遭拒将获4000元澳政府援助

Asylum seekers will be offered sweeteners to return to the countries they fled under a $5 million reintegration program announced by the government yesterday.

据2010年11月10日《悉尼晨锋报》报道，澳洲总理吉拉德宣布，乘坐寻求庇护船来澳申请难民签证的船民，如果没有通过难民申请又愿意回到原居地，那么即可获得联邦政府大约$4000澳元的资助款，以协助他们回到原居国找工作或做小生意。

联邦政府此举旨在缓解非法移民羁留中心人满为患的困境，该项计划的专项启动资金为500万澳元。

这是工党吉拉德政府首次提出资助难民申请失败者返回原居地。

反对党移民事务发言人Scott Morrison表示，工党政府缺乏阻止船民不断涌来的明确政策，现在只是临时敷衍羁留中心人满为患的窘境。

Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison said,"This initiative appears very much like an afterthought and is effectively providing a donation to the IOM in place of a clear strategy for repatriation.The Failure to implement a returns policy or repatriation strategy is emerging as one of the key, ongoing factors as to why we have a detention crisis."