Yes, there is a problem with young South Sudanese gangs in Melbourne but also with Somali youths who are over-represented in the criminal justice system.
African youth crime concern.
SUDANESE and Somali-born Victorians are about five times more likely to commit crimes than the wider community, a trend that must be addressed to prevent Cronulla-style social unrest, police warn.........''
We've got to fix this now and make sure it doesn't continue, so the kids who are now 10 years old aren't in this offender bracket in five years' time. So we don't get the Cronullas happening,'' Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Tim Cartwright said.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/african-youth-crime-concern-20120819-24glt.html
How do we fare both communities?
The Sudanese arrived Australia much later than us, Somalis, however they have produced top world class athletes who became role models to their children while we produced wannabe jihadists.
From South Sudan to Australia, now NBA beckons for Deng Adel.
It may not yet be evident to the casual Australian basketball fan, but there's a revolution coming. A revolution that has been bubbling away beneath the surface of mainstream basketball for many years, and is only now starting to bear fruit.......the South Sudanese revolution is coming, and it's going to be incredibly exciting. Let's have a look at the numbers, shall we?
This year, there are 63 Australian men on Division One basketball rosters across the United States. Of those sixty-three, nine of them are, like Maker, South Sudanese born. That's a whopping fourteen percent. If we then included all of the South Sudanese-Australians playing high school ball in the States, that number increases again. As blown away as we were (and, in many ways, still are) by Maker's athleticism, these kids aren't too far behind. But it's not only their basketball ability and freakish athletic talents that make them so special; it's how they got there.
http://www.espn.com.au/mens-college...ustralia-now-nba-beckons-louisville-deng-adel
Sudanese-Australian basketballers the next big things
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-15/sudanese-australian-basketballers-the-next-big-thing/7633528
Sudo Ballin’: The rise of Sudanese Australian basketball
Australian Football League (AFL) -----Not soccer.
Sudanese players making their mark in the AFL.
HE AFL'S ranks of Sudanese players have more than doubled after Friday's NAB AFL Rookie Draft.
After a season where he won All Australian honours for his outstanding NAB AFL Under-18 Championships, new Essendon rookie Gach Nyuon was gutted after he missed out in Tuesday night's national draft.
But he put his disappointment to the side to take to social media and acknowledge the efforts of his former teammates as they went to clubs across the country.
On Friday, he got his own chance to be congratulated when he was one of three Sudanese-born players to make their way to clubs as new rookies.
Nyuon was picked up by the Bombers at pick No.4, defender Reuben William went to the Brisbane Lions at No.20 and tall forward Mabior Chol was taken by Richmond at No.30.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-11-27/sudanese-players-making-their-mark-in-the-afl
Majak Daw led the way now new wave of Sudanese talent taking over at AFL level.
MABIOR Chol’s inevitable push towards senior selection with Richmond is just the tip of a largely uncharted Sudanese iceberg that threatens to burst into fruition in coming years.
Two years ago Majak Daw was the Sudanese poster boy but AFL numbers have now been boosted to five with Aliir Aliir (Sydney) Gach Nyuon (Essendon) Reuben William (Brisbane) and Chol joining Daw.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...l/news-story/e1ebd199234ec175becd2978d5ddeb79
Soccer
Awer Mabil
Awer Bul Mabil (born 15 September 1995) is an Australian professional
association football player of South Sudanese descent who plays as a
winger for
Paços de Ferreira on loan from
FC Midtjylland. He has also represented
Australia at
under-20 level.
Born in Kenya, Mabil played youth football at the
South Australian National Training Centre and with
Adelaide United. He made his senior debut for
Campbelltown City, before making his debut in the
A-League for
Adelaide United in 2013.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awer_Mabil
Thomas Deng (watched him tonight dancing with the ball)
Thomas Deng (born 20 March 1997) is an Australian professional
football (soccer) player who plays as a
central defender for
Melbourne Victory in the
A-League.
Deng was born into a family of
South Sudanese refugees in
Nairobi,
Kenya. He, along with his family, were fleeing from the conflict in South Sudan and eventually resettled in
Australia.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Deng
Out of Africa: The next wave of footballers making a mark in the A-League (Australian soccer League) Not a single Somali.
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/...ng-a-mark-in-the-aleague-20150424-1msj6u.html
Many young Sudanese men made a positive impression on the psychic of the sports loving Aussies but none can mention a Somali other than the Somali jihadists that are on the news hell-bent on destroying them. Yes, there are young Sudanese and Somalis who pursued a path of crime but it seems that the Sudanese community also produced many successful athletes that became a role model for their children. We, on the other hand produced jihadist wannabes to become role models for our children.
SUDANESE and Somali-born Victorians are about five times more likely to commit crimes than the wider community
, a trend that must be addressed to prevent Cronulla-style social unrest, police warn.........''
We've got to fix this now and make sure it doesn't continue, so the kids who are now 10 years old aren't in this offender bracket in five years' time.
