“New Look" Urged

A whole new look at Australia’s policy on immigration from the Pacific Islands has been urged by the monthly Impact, published by Sydney’s Wesley Central Mission (formerly Central Methodist Mis sion).

Says Impact in its June issue: “Australia as a large and affluent nation carries special re sponsibilities towards the people of the Pacific Islands. As a Western na tion it could easily put into practice ideals of assistance to the Third World in relation to its nearest neighbours in the Pacific.

“Australia must open its doors far more widely to migration from the Pacific Islands. The needs of the overcrowded islands, and the quali ty of citizenship which would be brought to Australia by Pacific peo ple, demand a far more generous flow of Pacific migrants. Assisted passages as with European migrants should be available.

“On humanitarian and Christian grounds, the time is overdue to welcome far more generously the at tractive people of the Pacific Is lands.”