Comics that send a messageĪ panel from Chimen Lakay. Now, the Government tells potential asylum seekers that the reason not to come to Australia is that you might encounter Australian officials. You will regret it (we will make sure you do).Īnd AusOpinion contributor Mark Fletcher wrote: The message of this comic is: stay where you are. New Zealand cartoonist and author of the graphic novel Hicksville Dylan Horrocks summed this up on a Facebook thread: The comic has been labelled government propaganda by many commentators – though as most have also pointed out, it is a strange kind of propaganda which paints its own government as such a menacing and threatening presence. En route, the boat is detained by the Australian navy and the man is taken to an offshore detention centre where he is homesick and plagued by mosquitoes. He flies to Pakistan, then to Indonesia, where a people smuggler offers him passage on a boat. The wordless comic tells the story of a young, poor Afghani man who works as a mechanic and is persuaded by his family to use their savings to seek asylum in Australia – specifically, for some reason, on the Perth foreshore. A panel from the Department of Immigration’s graphic novel.
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