Men Australien ville godt
Men muslimerne vil ikke betale.
ONLY 43 families have repaid the cost of evacuating them from war-torn Lebanon last year.
Most have ignored written requests from the Federal Government to voluntarily repay the cost of their emergency flights home.
Just $51,105 of the $33 million spent by the Government rescuing those caught up in the Israeli-Lebanese war has been recovered.
This money includes a payment from the New Zealand Government to cover the cost of evacuating its citizens.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade wrote to 1400 evacuees asking for $820 for each adult, $640 for each child and $82 for each infant evacuated to cover the cost of flights.
The Government is not trying to recover the initial cost of evacuating the 5000 Australian Lebanese from Lebanon to Jordan, Cyprus and Turkey.
But the extra cost of flying them from these havens to Australia has been requested in a letter to the evacuees.
The letter asks the evacuees whether they had a ticket that was reimbursed or covered by insurance or whether they had lived out of Australia for more than three of the five years before the war.
They were also asked if they left Lebanon for reasons other than fearing for their lives.
Anyone who falls into these categories is asked to pay the cost of their flights to Australia.
“The Government does not intend to take any legal action to recover costs from you, but there is an expectation that if you fall into the relevant categories you should make the full contribution being requested,” the letter said.
A DFAT spokesman said the department had received 200 calls in response to the letter.
Most were concerned about their finances, but some complained about receiving the letter.
Lebanese community spokesman Monsignor Joseph Takchi said he was surprised by how few people had repaid the Government.
He said one explanation was that people were not told during the evacuation they would be asked to pay later.
He said many evacuees were prepared to pay on the spot but were told they did not have to.
Mr Takchi urged the evacuees who had not repaid the money to do so to show their appreciation for the Government’s efforts.
“Most people won’t pay a bill if they don’t have to, but I’d urge them to pay,” he said. “This is their responsibility to repay a wonderful gesture from the Australian Government.”
Fra The Daily Telegraph via DemocracyFrontline
Og vi ville ikke engang undersøge, om nogen var i Libanon under falske forudsætninger. ‘Og nogen klagede over at have modtaget brevet’. Hvilken frækhed.
Endnu et bevis for at vi er totalidioter!
Hvad kan man forvente af infantile voksne ?
Af folk der aldrig nogensinde har gennemgået processen frem mod selvansvarlighed – men har exellerede i at projicerer deres problemers årsag ud på omverdenen ?
De skulle ikke bedes om at refunderer beløbene – næe de skulle TRÆKKES for beløbene !
Og dette skulle ikke være så svært at trække et aconto beløb hver mdr. indtil hele beløbet, den enkelte er skyldig, er betalt .
Disse mennesker kan ikke finde ud af en selvudvikling mod voksenhed – altså må de udsættes for realitetsterapi og konsekvenspædagogik !
Hvornår lære VI det på sigt vil være til alles bedste at komme i sving med at udføre disse handlinger ?
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Jeg er er bare din trætte ven…
Der havde vi en fin chance, at slippe af med 6000 palæstinensere, eller var det flere.
Det var simpelthen en gave fra himmelen vores regering afvisede.