Trefoil said:
Shit, you're right. How could I have been so blind?
Beats me... but you do it all the time. So maybe you need your eyes tested.
Trefoil said:
It's obvious to me now that any real refugee fleeing discrimination, murder, anarchy, censorship, etc, would have the time, knowledge, and money to apply for residence in Australia, through their own oppressive (or non-existent) government channels, and then wait a couple of years for Australian bureaucracy to grant them asylum.
Ever heard of an emergency visa?
Trefoil said:
It's all so clear to me now: all a refugee has to do is ask their tyrant or dictator to please stop being oppressive while they flee to a brighter future and everyone lives happily ever after. Clearly if they don't do this they are a most likely a terrorist trying to come to Australia illegally so they can eat our children.
So I assume, the way you'd have it Trefoil, we should just accept any and all immigrant into Australia and make taxpayers make-up for the huge expense. You'd have it, so we would be accepting any immigrant, even if we didn't know who they are and where they came from. Chuck 'em in with the Sydney crowd; who cares about rising unemployment, terrorism, rising crime rates, an inability to provide housing, the problems with policing etc. which would result from such a move!?!
Howard's policy was not bad, in my opinion. Process all illegal immigrants off-shore and sort them out. I would have attempted to do it faster than Howard did though. It detered many illegal immigrants; who have suddenly been coming back in droves since Rudd abolished the scheme.
Don't be so naive Trefoil.
There are two ways to migrate; legally or illegally. If you come to Australia illegally, like in any other country, you should be prepared to pay the consequences. It's as simple as that.
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