Article 5NENY Malcolm Fraser saved Vietnamese refugees – can Morrison find the same compassion for Afghanistan’s?

Malcolm Fraser saved Vietnamese refugees – can Morrison find the same compassion for Afghanistan’s?

by
Bertin Huynh
from on (#5NENY)

As I look to today's Liberal prime minister, I'm not entirely sure if another 100,000 refugees might find a home in Australia

After more than 20 years of fighting in a hot, unforgiving terrain, the allied forces left. They took flight in helicopters and planes and whatever vessel or moving vehicle they could get their hands on. And within days, the local government fell. I'm not talking about Afghanistan. I'm talking about the war in Vietnam.

The Vietnam war was the seminal tragedy in the recent history of my family. We owe our existence here in Australia to it. All our joys and sorrows come from this one failed war.

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