ࡱ> 8:7` ^bjbjss g15 (nnnnnnn&&&8^r   /111111$NhUn ] " Unnj nn/ /nn P,&Po0\\4\np e  5   UUp    &&nnnnnn  Sudanese are just victims of election fever The governments attack on the settlement of refugees from Africa could be seen as an election fever attempt designed to win the support of voters who are anti- African. The Refugee Program in Australia should be based on needs and free from politics, discrimination and racism. This is not the case with Mr. Andrews statement. Such careless remarks should not be allowed to mislead the public in a multicultural society like Australia as we head to an election. No Sudanese refugee has come to Australia on their own initiative. Because of our refugee status, we have been invited. We didnt plan to immigrate to America, Canada or Australia, we were invited to apply for settlement and selected to do so by the Department of Immigration whilst still in refugee camps in Africa. The Australian government allows Africans, especially Sudanese, to come to Australia not as tourists or economic migrants but because of their refugee status. As a community Sudanese appreciate the invitation and want to make a good life for our families in our adopted country. We want to assimilate, we want to learn English, we want to work, we want to pay taxes and we want to be Australians. However, assimilation requires the ability to communicate. How can I become Australian if I cant communicate with my Australian friends. It is the failure of the current governments Adult Migrant English Program to address the language, literacy and numeracy issues faced by Sudanese refugees that needs to be addressed. It is true that many Sudanese refugees have no education, due to the long lasting and ongoing conflict in their home country. It is not true that they cannot learn to speak and write English. The failure is with the teaching system, not the student. There are many examples of local communities who understand the settlement issues Sudanese face and make the appropriate system changes. The Victoria Police sending officers to Sudan to learn the culture, the enrolment of Africans in driver education programs as a response to drink-driving in Dandenong and the Queensland Police recruitment of Sudanese community police liaison officers. I suggest the challenge now is to make appropriate changes to the education system, changes that recognise the unique challenges faced by refugees from Sudan. I challenge both sides of politics to admit the AMEP program is a failure and articulate their solution to this problem so that we can all make an informed voting decision on the day. 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