Imagine if you or your child were born in another country as a persecuted minority in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka or a stateless Palestinian or Kurd with no safe place to call home.
Then compare this with your life here: sipping lattes, drinking beer and summers at the beach.
It would be nice if we here in this lucky country could offer those fleeing a life of torture and trauma some compassion, understanding and generosity.
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The media makes a big deal about asylum seekers arriving by boat, but how about similar attention to the true many ‘illegals’ ” visa overstayers. They just think it’s good here but their lives are not in danger in their home country.