THE SMELL OF GREASEPAINT IN THE MORNING

Act # 666 of the ongoing comic opera called the human rights committee for refugees:

Refugee activists are now refugees themselves, fleeing from their own offices:
Australia’s largest asylum seeker service is in upheaval after an exodus of its most senior staff and claims of a toxic work environment, mismanagement and bullying.
Six out of seven directors at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre quit last year, including one who lodged a successful WorkCover claim for stress and anxiety caused by her employment.
An internal report, prepared for the board and obtained by Fairfax Media, shows the resignations came amid a slew of complaints about the centre’s chief executive, Kon Karapanagiotidis?, widely considered one of the nation’s top human rights advocates.
“We are greatly concerned about our safety and wellbeing, and that of our staff, due to the unknown response from an increasingly volatile CEO,” said the confidential report, co-signed by four of the former directors.
You might conclude that this is another example of the phenomenon of so many modern humanitarians - that they love humanity in theory, but not humans in practice. Or maybe philosopher Bertrand Russell had it right:
Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.
But then I read this:
Mr Karapanagiotidis did not respond to questions, but he is understood to vehemently deny all allegations. In a statement, the ASRC board said its own investigation found “no basis” to the claims and it continued to stand by its chief executive.
In which case you might conclude instead that refugee activists tend to exaggerate.