http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/13888326/burmese-refugee-angry-at-...A Burmese refugee who has not seen her children for five years has expressed her heartache and frustration at claims people smugglers have been granted residency in Australia.
Sui Neih Maui, an ethnic Chin who was the first refugee to be settled in WA under the so-called Malaysia deal last year, has not seen her daughters, aged 8, 14 and 16, since she and her husband fled from persecution in Burma in 2007.
As
she waits patiently for visas for her children to be approved so they can be reunited, Ms Maui condemned people smugglers and those who posed as refugees to enter Australia.
"Everyone deserves a fair chance and what they are doing is not fair," she said.
"People who take refugees' money and promise them they can come to Australia quicker, they aren't fair, it is not fair because I had to wait and now my daughters have to wait.
"We did everything the right way and
we are still waiting for them. I can understand why some people might want to do it the illegal way if they think
it will be faster but it is dangerous. Waiting is hard but I know I will see my daughters again soon."
Ms Maui and her husband made the heart-wrenching decision to leave the girls behind with her mother for their own safety when they fled to Malaysia. However, tragically, 12 months after they arrived, Ms Maui's husband was murdered and she lived for years under the threat of violence and in abject poverty in a Kuala Lumpur slum before being relocated to Perth as a refugee.
"It has been very hard being away for such a long time from my family," she said.
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