The recent revelation that Australia?s aversion to Burmese pro-democracy activists is almost as strong as that of Burma?s military junta was hardly news to asylum seekers accustomed to dealing with immigration officials at the Australian Embassy in Bangkok. Treatment there is "terrible," say student exiles, who complain that since last year?s Burmese Embassy siege, they have been required to wait outside the embassy compound when coming for asylum interviews or applying for visas.