“It’s nice not to be the silent referent to other people’s description of migrants as ‘the marginalised” and ‘the oppressed.’ I’m sure a lot of Australians – migrants and home grown alike – feel the same” says Robert Hiini, who migrated from with his parents from New Zealand to Australia when he was 15.
“It is perhaps a little unfortunate that an official church statement on Migrant Sunday chooses to juxtapose the situations of some migrants with others.”
Read Robert’s column in The Record
Robert Hiini describes himself on Bebo as “working for the Archdiocese of Perth (Catholic), living in Rockingham, looking to get back into study.” He is parish reporter for The Record.