Documentary on Australian Imperialism, tonight 9:20 TG4

international | miscellaneous | news report Wednesday September 03, 2003 12:38 by Caoimhín - Green Party

9:20pm Fíorscéal - Troubled Waters: In 1979 Australia expanded its territorial borders by 200 nautical miles to take advantage of the rich oil and gas deposits in the Timor Sea. [English subtitles on screen]

21:20 Fíorscéal - Farraigí Cháite: I 1979 mhéadaigh an Astráil teorainn a críche 200 míle farraige eile chun leas a bhaint as na taiscí ola agus gáis a bhí sa Mhuir Timor.

9:20pm Fíorscéal - Troubled Waters: In 1979 Australia expanded its territorial borders by 200 nautical miles to take advantage of the rich oil and gas deposits in the Timor Sea. For centuries before, fishermen from the island of Roti in Indonesia have been fishing for their livelihood in these same waters. Now they are regularly arrested for trespassing a border they cannot see, and are sent to jail for increasingly longer periods with no recourse to legal representation. They return home to debts many cannot forsee escaping in their own lifetime. Troubled Waters investigates the human and financial costs of Australia's current border protection policies and how traditional fishermen are turning to the people smuggling trade in order to survive.

21:20 Fíorscéal - Farraigí Cháite: I 1979 mhéadaigh an Astráil teorainn a críche 200 míle farraige eile chun leas a bhaint as na taiscí ola agus gáis a bhí sa Mhuir Timor. Leis na céadta bliain roimhe sin, bhí iascairí ó Oileán Roti ag baint slí mhaireachtála amach as an iascaireacht sna farraigí céanna. Gabhtar go minic anois iad as teorainn a thrasnú nach léir dóibh fiú amháin, agus cuirtear i bpríosún iad agus gan teacht acu ar uiríolla dlí. Nuair a fhilleann siad abhaile bíonn fiacha orthu nach mbeidh go leor acu in ann a ghlanadh go brách. Fiosraíonn Fíorscéal an cás seo agus an tslí a bhfuil roinnt iascairí traidisiúnta ag smugláil daoine anois le greim a mbéil a shaothrú.