AAP General News (Australia)
04-26-2001
Fed: Anti immigration image hurting Australia: Keating
Former prime minister PAUL KEATING says Australia's relationship with Europe and Asia
is being damaged because of perceptions that Australia is anti-immigration.
Mr KEATING says images of rioting refugees in detention centres in the middle of the
desert are being broadcast internationally, putting potential tourists, investors and
immigrants off Australia.
He also says the rise and resurgence of Hansonism, and the current loose debate over
immigration is doing enormous damage to our relations with Asia.
The former Prime Minister suggests his successor, JOHN HOWARD, isn't doing enough to
present Australia as an open and tolerant society.
Mr KEATING says the debate created by PAULINE HANSON'S anti-immigration stance has
been allowed to go too far, causing economic and social problems with Asian relations.
He says Australia needs immigration to prosper and has to prove to the world it's an
open and welcoming country.
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