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I take it you never lived in the area or you would have seen the difference.
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Definitely fked Cabra...I've played cards there ..people are ok but the town has been turn into something from a movie ffs...They tell me theres girls walkn the streets n all now?
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"A further two boats carrying 108 people have been intercepted in Australian waters since Friday night, bringing the total number of illegal boat arrivals for June to 1781 people.
That is a record number of arrivals in a single month, says coalition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison. One boat carrying 41 people was picked up northeast of Ashmore Islands in the Timor Sea on Friday evening, and a second carrying 67 passengers was intercepted at Cocos (Keeling) Islands later that night. Passengers from both boats will be processed on Christmas Island. Parliament failed to agree on a compromise bill on asylum policy earlier this week, despite about 100 people dying in twin boat disasters in the past 10 days. Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday announced the creation of an independent expert group to examine asylum policy and deliver a report on a way forward by the time parliament resumes on August 14." Give me a fkkn break!!!  juila gillards solution- create a committee to report 2 months from now.At current rates circa 100 a day another 4500+ will be here before the committee reports. No doubt that committee will be stacked with Labor snouts in the trough being paid 20K plus to do nothing more than reinforce the govt's malaysia solution. More $$$$ down the drain , no further advanced than where we are today, thousands more sad sack 3rd world no hopers to be financed for life by you and me. Save my country please- bring on an election. |
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She is showing her Lesbian testosterone ( you won't tell me what to do attitude) mood of I'm the BOSS regardless of what it cost's....Joke!!!..Be cheaper to just send a jumbo every day fk it.
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actually thats a great idea. transport em from christmas island to Darwin and fly them back .Same day service. Arrive monday morning- be back home for dinner monday night.
Could call it the 'boomerang solution"  |
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maybe indonesia can stop them flying into their country to catch these junk boats. is that too hard to turn them around at the airport?
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thats correct.They all fly in from afganistan or sri lanka etc to indonesia where they board the boats.
The same boats that gilliard gave indo $100 million plus to stop from leaving their ports. Imaho !!! as if they would do that- then they will get stuck with 'em. no , no, no only Australia is sucker enough to take them.  |
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30 Jun 12 02:28 get a grip u blokes, we take in about 8000 refugees a year, big deal, why shouldnt we extend a hand in need Post of the thread and logroller i must say i like your style very cool oh btw its STS here in case you spray me again like you did last week under different username no 857 lolol Also.... Dark....Target 30 Jun 12 02:39 Joined: We do logroller. And if anyone wants refuge in this great country, then they go go through the correct process like everyone else. This is correct also but at the same time and we don't take anywhere as many refugees as other countries also lazza 30 Jun 12 06:29 Definitely fked Cabra...I've played cards there ..people are ok but the town has been turn into something from a movie ffs...They tell me theres girls walkn the streets n all now? Fcking typical Greek playing manila behind closed shifty doors  |
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If you don't like it, why don't you lot, catch a boat and go live in a county that does not accept refugees then?
We do, get over it, or get out....imo......Our country would be better off with less people that hold your opinion anyway. We signed the Treaty, Abbott agrees with it, Abbott's going to increase the intake to 20,000 That must really p iss you lot off. |
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No AFL,
If THEY dont like it, they can go and get thoroughly fcuked and leave OUR country. |
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without being predudice, racist or whatever AFL, are you Sri lankan? you take great offense on this thread, it seems to upset you, maybe its a thread you should avoid??
the border protection policy in place before labour came into place was working quite well...no deaths, and thats the main thing, no woman or children drowning. everyone has a right to their opinion. |
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Mrben, if you bothered to look at the world trends for Refugees you will see that Australia follows the world trends and any peaks and troughs are the result of Wars, Disasters etc, in the region of the countries that accept them.
Around the year 2000 till the mid 2000's (from memory) was the lowest flow of refugees world wide, there was a lull. Push factors influence refugee movement far more than Pull factors, this a proven fact. The data proves it. It is only the politicians that say Pull factors outweigh Push factors.....because they prefer to have the population in a thinly veiled state of fear. |
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An asylum seeker is a person who has fled their own country and applied for protection under the human rights.
why then do these people tear up the pssports and papers??? |
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and im not suggest 3 or 4 but 90% of them do it
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DT we have to accept them by law, we signed the treaty, if you don't like the treaty, start a political party to back out of it or something, go to a country that doesn't have one perhaps.
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Myth 16: People who destroy their identification can't be genuine
Fact: Most refugees are not able to travel through conventional channels because they cannot obtain a passport from the government that is persecuting them, or they are fleeing from. Identification documents enable not only Australian immigration officials to determine identity but also representatives of the regime people are fleeing. This places relatives within countries like Afghanistan and Iraq at risk. Moreover, people fleeing from political persecution are at greater risk within their own country if they can be identified when they are on the move. |
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The figures don't lie........According to Amnesty International 1 in every 115 people on earth are refugees, and a new refugee is created every 21 seconds. Refugees re-settle all over the world. However, the distribution of refugees across the world is very unequal.
The real burden of assisting refugees is borne in the main by the world's poorest nations. Fact. |
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AFL - you are a completely deluded individual.No matter the subject matter you post the most absurd stuff.
One could be excused for thinking that in real life- you are julia gilliard.!  no one else in this country has such blind faith. |
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Coming from someone that thinks 4% growth equals a ression
I'll take that as a compliment.  |
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They are breaking the law...Law breakers should be treated as Lawbreakers... They are just leaving their Countries because of our Govts slack ...this was proven on 60 minutes..They're were waiting for the change in Govt.
Plus they shocking card players and Greek will clean them up ha ha!! |
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with as very said 4 aces in the sleeve fcking Greek
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up the sleeve ffs lol one in the sock also
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Greek has card skills no need for slippery stuff...strategies are in blood of Greeks..Asylum seekers don't go to Greece because Navy fire cannon over heads of boats..no talking just body language is enough....Greek should be in Govt here...sort it all out very quickly.imo's
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I saw Senator Milne on ABC TV 2 nights ago and she was asked asked if the Greens felt responsible in any way for the refugee seekers drowning whilst trying to reach Australia. Senator Milne responded that she thought this question was offensive. Her response then followed that the Australian Government should ensure the refugee applicants receive safe passage to Australia for processing. No offshore processing.
Does anyone know if the Greens have elaborated how the Government would ensure safe passage and why others would not jump on a boat. |
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They just gonna email the Govt with a pick up address...fair dinkum!! crazy talk. ffs,
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greek navy, now thats a funny one................hello sailor
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Hal - more money for regional processing and take more overall - Abbott has gone to 20k they want 25k
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Mr Abbott's compromise was to raise Australia's humanitarian intake from 13,750 a year to 20,000 a year within three years of being elected
so what that means wombleoz and AFL is that once in power he will again bring back the protection border policy and the 20,000 will come from those waiting in line...NOT the queue jumpers. |
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“Asylum seekers are queue jumpers.”
Applying for protection onshore is not a means of “jumping the queue” or bypassing the “proper” process of applying for protection. In fact, applying onshore is the standard procedure for seeking protection. According to the definition in the UN Refugee Convention, refugees are persons who are outside their country of origin. This means that you cannot apply for refugee status if you are inside your own country. In order to be recognised as a refugee, you must leave your country and apply for refugee status in another country. Every refugee in the world – including those who Australia resettles from overseas – has, at some point, entered another country to seek asylum. The vast majority of the world’s refugees either return home once conditions which forced them to leave have improved; or settle permanently in their country of first asylum. For some refugees, however, these solutions are not possible. For example, some countries are hosting very large numbers of refugees or don’t have the capacity to provide effective protection, and therefore require assistance from other countries to fulfil their protection obligations. In other cases, a country may simply refuse to provide any form of protection or assistance to refugees and asylum seekers. In these sorts of cases, it may be necessary for refugees to be resettled in a third country. However, there is no resettlement “queue” which onshore applicants are trying to evade. Resettlement is intended to be a complement to, not a substitute for, providing protection to refugees who apply for asylum onshore. It is a way of providing a solution for refugees who have been unable to find effective protection elsewhere, but is certainly not the standard or only “legitimate” way to find protection – it’s simply a different solution based on different circumstances. In fact, only a tiny minority (less than one per cent of the world’s refugees) are resettled in third countries. The UN resettlement system does not work like a queue. The term “queue” implies that resettlement is an orderly process and, if you join the end, you are guaranteed to reach the front within a certain amount of time. In reality, the UN resettlement system works more like a lottery than a queue. Many refugees lack access to UNHCR’s resettlement processes altogether and therefore simply do not have resettlement available to them as an option. Furthermore, refugees are prioritised for resettlement according to need, not according to how long they have been waiting. These needs fluctuate and are continuously reassessed. For example, conditions in a refugee-producing country may improve, allowing refugees from that country to return home if they wish; or conditions in a refugee-hosting country may deteriorate, placing the refugees in that country in greater need of resettlement. A person who has been waiting for resettlement for one year may be prioritised ahead of a person who has been waiting for 10 years, if the former’s need for resettlement is assessed as being greater. |
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yes megsy, all will be perfect - no more boats - things that worked when numbers were down worldwide will work exactly the same when they are up
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this country was not defended so freeloaders could invade.
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flamin' immigrants
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the irony of it all
aussies complaining about immigrants flamin' hypocrates  |
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you have to feel for the locals.
"Christmas Island residents have to see dead bodies being dragged up the main street of town again," Mr Tremayne said. "Bodies have to be carted around on the island - people on the mainland don't have to put up with this." Christmas Island used to be famous for its mass migration of red crabs. It takes the tenacious female crabs a month to make the marathon trek to the beach to give their young a chance at life. It is a common theme on Christmas Island: parents risking everything. In recent months Afghanis, Iranians, Iraqis, Sri Lankans, Pakistanis and Burmese refugees have risked plenty. Why do they end up on this island paradise? Because since 1957 it has been Australian soil - even though it is 2600km northwest of Perth. It is a territory policed by the Australian Federal Police with English as the official language and the Australian dollar its currency. The island's district high school has 400 students from kinder to year 12 who learn from a West Australian curriculum. The principal is Ian Francis, an Australian who has lived there with his family for nine years. The permanent population is about 1400, but that can swell to 4000 when there is an emergency. Ms Tisdale said the strain was starting to show as news of another two boat arrivals was confirmed yesterday - the fifth in less than a week. "People are run ragged and we have no voice, no say," she said. Ms Tisdale said research showed stress and mental health issues had increased and that the cost of living had forced some locals to leave. But Linda Cash, who until recently had lived on the island for 10 years and still works for the tourism association, said there was a lot of empathy and that the island was still attracting tourists. She agreed it was becoming known for all the wrong reasons. "The brand image has been damaged," she said. But Ms Cash said tourists were not being turned away. Christmas Island polarised Australian politics last week and ended with MPs going into the winter break without a decision on how best to manage the asylum seekers. Ms Tisdale said she cannot see the detention centre closing down, but felt the situation was out of control. |
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Monday Mike's certain solution to Refugee problem.
We stop bending over backwards helping America bombing the shiit out of these peoples country. Been going on for 40 years since the Vietnam war and will continue for decades to come. Just discovered besides being a racing expert I just discovered I'm a political whizz. |
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Not a bad start Mike.imo's
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Yes i would agree half the problems are caused by Americas greed to take over the world.
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