CANBERRA Daniel Norris Jersey , Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government has said while it aims to settle refugees in regional locations, migrants are "free to move" once settled.
The remarks followed claims from local councils that refugees were causing unnecessary overpopulation and were putting a strain on vital services.
Last week, the Fairfield City Council in Sydney's west expressed concerns that more than 6,000 Syrian migrants had settled within its limits over the last few months, meaning is now lacks the funds and resources to successfully integrate the refugees into Australian society.
Local mayor Frank Carbone urged the government to act to alleviate the burden placed on his council Cameron Maybin Jersey , but on Tuesday, the federal Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs Zed Seselja said while the government tries to settle refugees in regional areas, they are "free to move".
"When the government sponsors these individuals, we do favor regional locations. Many of these people are sponsored by particular communities and will therefore share the costs of getting them here. Most often, they will settle where their sponsors are Anthony Gose Jersey ," Seselja told Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) radio on Tuesday.
"But when we accept humanitarian entrants into Australia, they have freedom of movement'. We can settle them in Toowoomba, Hobart or Geelong or other regional locations, but in the end, people are free to move.
"We do all we can to provide the services in regional locations Anibal Sanchez Jersey , but we can't tell people that they can't move to Sydney or to Melbourne."
Seselja said that while he understands that Fairfield's mayor is concerned by the sudden influx of migrants to his region, the figures being thrown around in the media "simply aren't correct", adding that the council is getting assistance from the federal government.
"Some of the claims made by the Fairfield mayor simply aren't correct, though we do understand they've experienced a large influx. But funding follows the clients, so if more people move to Fairfield Alex Avila Jersey , Fairfield gets more funding," Seselja said.
"As I said, we do our best to settle these entrants into regional areas, but the government can't dictate terms to people who are settled in Australia."
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China supports normal business and other exchanges with South Korea, it said yesterday in response to Seoul’s complaint to the World Trade Organization about what it claims China’s retaliation against South Korean companies over the deployment of a US anti-missile defense system in the country.
“We have notified the WTO that China may be in violation of some trade agreements Alan Trammell Jersey ,” Trade Minister Joo Hyung-hwan told parliament in response to questions about China’s reaction to the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in South Korea.
Joo said the issue was raised with the WTO’s Council for Trade in Services last Friday after China imposed “restrictions” on South Korean companies in the tourism and distribution sectors.
A trade ministry official, who asked not to be identified, said the complaint could not be categorized as legal action but was rather a request for the WTO to look into whether China was upholding agreements fairly.
In Beijing, foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying did not comment directly on South Korea’s complaint.
“We support normal business and other exchanges between China and South Korea,” the spokeswoman told a daily news briefing yesterday. “But everyone knows this needs a corresponding basis in public opinion.”
South Korea and the United States say the purpose of the THAAD system is to guard against missile launches from North Korea but China has been infuriated by its deployment Al Kaline Jersey , saying that its powerful radar could penetrate into its territory.
China is South Korea’s largest trading partner and the dispute over THAAD has resulted in a sharp decline in Chinese tourists in South Korea’s shopping districts.
Chinese authorities have also closed nearly two dozen retail stores of South Korea’s Lotte Group, citing safety concerns.
The South Korean government has offered cheap loans and extended deadlines on existing debt to help businesses that have been affected and has pushed to diversify trade markets.
Some South Korean lawmakers ramped up criticism of what they say has been the government’s lack of an aggressive response to China’s actions, which they claim also include a freeze on South Korean television dramas, as well as music and product boycotts.
Efforts to hold direct discussions between the finance ministers of China and South Korea at a G20 meeting in Germany at the weekend fell through after Beijing declined Seoul’s request to meet, citing scheduling reasons.
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