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| Actors pose as asylum seekers' relatives in Australian ads for Afghanistan | Actors pose as asylum seekers' relatives in Australian ads for Afghanistan |
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| More Australian government-funded advertisements in Afghanistan have been revealed which show actors lamenting the money they are losing as close family members are held in detention centres. | More Australian government-funded advertisements in Afghanistan have been revealed which show actors lamenting the money they are losing as close family members are held in detention centres. |
| The advertisements are part of a campaign to deter Afghans – particularly Hazaras – from trying to seek asylum in Australia by boat. | The advertisements are part of a campaign to deter Afghans – particularly Hazaras – from trying to seek asylum in Australia by boat. |
| Footage of the two advertisements have been posted by Customs and Border Protection two days after reports of another advertisement it had co-ordinated. | Footage of the two advertisements have been posted by Customs and Border Protection two days after reports of another advertisement it had co-ordinated. |
| The cost of the public campaign, which includes the making of the three advertisements, is $555,428, with radio advertisements also being broadcast. | The cost of the public campaign, which includes the making of the three advertisements, is $555,428, with radio advertisements also being broadcast. |
| In the latest advertisements to be made public in Australia, an old man talks to two others about his son who took his family to Australia by boat. | In the latest advertisements to be made public in Australia, an old man talks to two others about his son who took his family to Australia by boat. |
| He says his son was so confident about his trip that he promised to send money home so his father could have a better life. | He says his son was so confident about his trip that he promised to send money home so his father could have a better life. |
"I was fooled to have believed his words," the actor says according to the government translation. "But when he arrived to Australia by boat, they all were sent to Manus Island. They will spend many years there with no work or money." | "I was fooled to have believed his words," the actor says according to the government translation. "But when he arrived to Australia by boat, they all were sent to Manus Island. They will spend many years there with no work or money." |
| The other advertisement shows a woman sitting in a small house talking about her regret that her husband tried to seek asylum in Australia by boat. | The other advertisement shows a woman sitting in a small house talking about her regret that her husband tried to seek asylum in Australia by boat. |
| She says he is now held in a Nauru Island detention centre. "My husband's relatives said they would look after us, but now we have neither money or home." | She says he is now held in a Nauru Island detention centre. "My husband's relatives said they would look after us, but now we have neither money or home." |
| Earlier in the week Afghanistan's deputy minister for refugees and repatriations Abdul Samad Hami told News Ltd that while he did not disagree with the contents of the advertisement, his government would have liked to have been consulted. | Earlier in the week Afghanistan's deputy minister for refugees and repatriations Abdul Samad Hami told News Ltd that while he did not disagree with the contents of the advertisement, his government would have liked to have been consulted. |
| "It would have shown that both governments are serious about this issue," he says. "People will look at this ad and say this man failed, but won't necessarily think it will happen to them." | "It would have shown that both governments are serious about this issue," he says. "People will look at this ad and say this man failed, but won't necessarily think it will happen to them." |
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