The reaction of the Australian government to the 400 Afghan refugees = who have=20 landed on their not-quite doorstep has been depressing in the extreme. = The Prime=20 Minister, John Howard =96 who faces an election before the end of the = year =20 insisted yesterday that Tampa, the Norwegian freighter that = rescued the=20 refugees at the weekend, must immediately leave the Australian waters of = Christmas Island. The Norwegians rescued the refugees from a sinking = ferry and=20 are now looking after them on a boat intended for only 40 people; the = ship's=20 captain felt that it was unsafe to transport his human cargo (some of = whom are=20 ill) to the nearest alternative destination, an Indonesian port 14 = hours'=20 sailing time away. The Australian government was unsympathetic. Mr = Howard=20 bluntly declared "our very strong determination" to refuse landing=20 permission.

The least we can hope of democratically elected political leaders is = that=20 they should behave with a glimmering of humanity. Instead, we have = witnessed the=20 grotesque over-reaction of special forces being sent on to the = Tampa to=20 force the good Samaritan at its helm to turn around. Australians should = be=20 ashamed; instead, a big majority endorse their government, ignoring the = fact=20 that granting permission for a single boat to dock does not offer carte = blanche=20 to vast numbers of refugees to turn up in Australia.

Mr Howard claims that "no country has been more generous" than = Australia in=20 recent years. Up to a point. True, "White Australia" is no longer the = rule. The=20 government has, however, ensured that detention centres for = asylum-seekers,=20 often sited in remote areas, are singularly inhospitable. MPs who = visited one of=20 the centres were shocked. The number of asylum-seekers who are allowed = to stay=20 in Australia is relatively small.

But it is too glib to heap blame on Australia, since this drama is = part of a=20 global problem. As many asylum-seekers in Britain could testify, the = politicians=20 in Canberra are not alone in making life difficult for those who flee = their own=20 country in search of a better future. Above all, the case of the = Tampa is=20 dwarfed in scale by the millions who have fled Afghanistan's conflicts = and chaos=20 in recent years around 1.5m are now in Iran and as many again are = in camps=20 in Pakistan.

Many have been there for years, long before the intolerant Taliban = came to=20 power; the Taliban now provides an additional reason for their = reluctance to=20 return home. Both countries, understandably, want more international = help in=20 dealing with the vast numbers of refugees. Too often, however, the = international=20 community ignores their pleas for help. Ruud Lubbers, the United Nations = High=20 Commissioner for Refugees , notes that refugees who stay for years in=20 neighbouring countries can sorely test the hospitality of the host = country =20 "particularly when international support dwindles".

Which is, of course, the crunch. Only when a handful of Afghan = refugees end=20 up in dire straits within sight of Australian territory does the rest of = the=20 world suddenly take notice of a problem that has been festering for = years. Fifty=20 years after the UN Refugee Convention was first agreed, the world = remains=20 reluctant to seek ways to help those forced to flee their homelands. The = UNHCR=20 has this year been forced to cut its budget and close some of its = offices =20 just at a time when the organisation's work is most urgently needed. Mr = Lubbers=20 has tried to persuade rich countries that they should provide a dollar = per head=20 of population for the refugees' cause. Not, you would think, an = extravagant=20 request. So far, he has had little success.

Australia's response to the Tampa has been disgraceful. But = the rest=20 of the world's casual determination to ignore enduring human misery is = more=20 shameful still.

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