This is an issue that takes a back seat to questions of skills shortage, asylum seekers and the like in our media and politics, but we can't ignore the plight of people the world over who are being exploited across borders.
Sexual exploitation is a common way in which this is manifested, and UNICEF have teamed up with US rock band The Killers to release a song on this issue. Check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoTBclI22Dk&feature=player_embedded
I think it is time for a national debate on how to protect this vulnerable group, so as to come up with a relationship which benefits not just Australia, but the hundreds of thousands of people who seek out our shores to start their "new lives"
Nick
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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