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2011-01-06

Barry Cohen's solution to "stem refugee flow at source"

Comments on Barry Cohen “Stem refugee flow at source”, 6/01/2011, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/stem-refugee-flow-at-source/story-e6frg6zo-1225982614288

While I don't have a considered or well developed opinion on the refugee issue we are facing, I can't help thinking whether this post is too much one sided.

Maybe Barry Cohen is attempting to position himself on the other extreme to counter balance those he criticises in this post.

If that is the case, how convincing is Barry Cohen's argument?

Among those countries he mentioned in the "not free" category are Afghanistan and Iraq, the two countries that the US led coalition has been fighting for a number of years. And withdrawal of military forces will start soon.

So, how Barry Cohen would do to sheet the problem of refugees back to them?

It would be interesting to hear from Cohen on this.

PS: it would also be interesting to know how many of the refugees prior to the invasion of Iraq were coming from Iraq and perhaps Barry Cohen can provide us with more convincing figures and theories on democracy, free, not free countries and the sources of refugees and how to sheet them back to the sources.

But I doubt how many people would believe his theories.

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