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Nauru refugees struggling with life in the US 'Valley of Opportunity'

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    vakieh
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    The plane ticket debt is more than a little rough, but this all definitely adds weight to the economic migrant argument. They are safe, which is the limit to the burden on asylum granting...

    The plane ticket debt is more than a little rough, but this all definitely adds weight to the economic migrant argument. They are safe, which is the limit to the burden on asylum granting countries even by the most open interpretations. They have no claim to be handed more than that.

    1. Algernon_Asimov
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      I don't know why you assume they're economic migrants: "The Prabhakars were found to be refugees". That assessment was done by the Australian government. I'm not sure these people are asking for...

      I don't know why you assume they're economic migrants: "The Prabhakars were found to be refugees". That assessment was done by the Australian government.

      I'm not sure these people are asking for anything to be handed to them.

      The article is just a follow-up piece, about some refugees that Australia farmed off to another country. It's about the difficulties of these refugees settling into a town where they don't know the dominant language, and where their qualifications and experience aren't being recognised ("Niwali has excellent English. But when she went looking for jobs in El Cajon, she found that wasn't enough: many employers also wanted their staff to speak Arabic." "Niwali studied information technology in India and worked as a paralegal in Nauru. She hoped to find an office job in El Cajon but was instead given a job making sandwiches at Subway."). It's not like they're not working to improve their lives ("While working there she also studied to become a medical assistant." "She has also registered as an Uber driver to help bring in more money when she has free time.")

      I don't see anything here which indicates that they're asking for anything, except maybe to be among familiar people - but even that is something they're working towards.

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