Yet there are thousands of Indigenous people searching for family members.

Genocide involves the attempt to achieve the disappearance of a group by whatever means. It does not have to be violent, it could be a combination of policies that would lead to a certain group dying out.

Yet there are thousands of Indigenous people searching for family members.

Life wasn't meant to be easy.

At the moment people get on boats because they flee terror at home and believe the many years' long wait in UNHCR camps is not a valid option, especially if they have children in their care. After the Vietnam War, Australia took a larger humanitarian intake than at any other period in our history. The Australian community accepted that. They were told why we needed to do it, and why it was the only ethical decent policy that a wealthy advanced country should adopt.

We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.

People die because they find living too painful.