AUSTRALIA’S PRIME MINISTER JOHN HOWARD HAS PROPOSED OFFERING PAYMENTS ...

World | January 31, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard has proposed offering payments to Afghan asylum seekers to assist them resettle in Afghanistan. Howard made the announcement after a meeting with Afghanistan's interim leader Hamid Karzai in New York on Wednesday. While the Australian government may have averted a tragedy at its Woomera detention camp for now, the issues concerning its policy on illegal immigrants -- particularly those from Afghanistan -- remains.

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