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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (26808)12/24/2007 1:57:26 AM
From: Elroy Jetson  Read Replies (6) | Respond to of 217688
 
Don't let elmatador kid you.

You will recall that they still had slaves in Brazil working on sugar plantations as recently as last year.

And I doubt that has changed over the past few months.

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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (26808)12/24/2007 3:14:56 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217688
 
Better to cut sugar cane in Brazil than being in this situation that's drving many to despair and take thier own lives.

We are an humane society. This system should be implemented in NZ: You work. You eat. You don't work. You don't eat. You don't eat? you die.

Now see the tragedy below.

IRR: Asylum seeker suicide: 'depressed and preoccupied'On 20 October 2005, no family or friends were present at the inquest of Iranian asylum seeker Majid Rafieei at the Upperthorpe Medico-Legal Centre in ...
www.irr.org.uk/2005/october/ha000040.html - 19k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

IRR: Did undue pressure on an asylum seeker lead to his suicide?The suicide of an Ethiopian asylum seeker has led refugee support workers to question methods being used by government officials to gain information.
www.irr.org.uk/2004/october/ha000025.html - 17k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
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Asylum seeker’s suicide tragedy - News - Rochdale ObserverAsylum seeker’s suicide tragedy. 21/11/2006. A SYRIAN asylum seeker who lost his fight to stay in England was found hanged on the day he was meant to leave ...
www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/news/s/520/520136_asylum_seekers_suicide_tragedy.html - 32k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Scotsman.com News - Asylum seeker deaths - Asylum seeker's ...A POLICE investigation has been launched into the suspected suicide of an asylum seeker who was at a Lanarkshire detention centre. ...
news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=33&id=853072004 - 26k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

CBBC Newsround | WORLD | Asylum-seeker children 'threaten suicide'11 young asylum-seekers being held in an Australian detention centre have reportedly threatened to kill themselves unless they're released.
news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/world/newsid_1787000/1787565.stm - 57k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Refugee Council | June | Teenage asylum seeker commits suicide ...Teenage asylum seeker commits suicide while in detention.
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/news/2005/june/20050629teena.htm - Similar pages - Note this

The Local - Asylum seekers in Kiruna suicide threatA couple from Turkey seeking asylum in Sweden threatened to set themselves on fire in the Board of Migration's offices in Kiruna on Monday.
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eMJA: Steel & Silove, The mental health implications of detaining ...The report noted that suicide attempts by asylum seekers are not infrequent, with "numerous examples of detainees attempting suicide or serious self-harm" ...
www.mja.com.au/public/issues/175_12_171201/steel/steel.html - 38k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Britain: Iranian asylum seeker driven to suicideThat is enough for people to commit suicide or do something like this.” Following the death of Israfil, 50 other Iranian asylum seekers in Manchester ...
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The Mental Health Of Moving Asylum Seekers From 'temporary' To ...The suicide of Zekria Ghulm Salem Mohammed is believed to be the third by an asylum seeker in Scotland during the past 12 months (Kelbie, 2004). ...
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