returning from syria, page-7

Peaceakki

If they are a true immigrant, they would not consider themselves "living abroad".

The "living abroad" reference cuts to the core of the problem and is the key to determining what is right and wrong, or should be allowed and not allowed - this is the litmus test that should be a part of the immigration test.

If someone moves to Australia to make a new home for themselves, it is obviously a seriously considered move, but Australia immediately becomes their new home - there is no "living abroad" (or traveling back home) unless it is only a temporary move (either in body or in mind). Australia is home.

From day one, if their calling to their mother country burns strong enough that they feel the need to go back there and and fight, then there is an attitudinal issue problem before we begin.

Uprooting and moving to a new country implies a cutting of the cord from the old country. Easy to say, but difficult in practice (I imagine), but that is the harsh reality - take the good with the bad.

Perhaps we need some sort of interim status where immigrants are not granted full rights until they cut the cord in their minds - say 5 years.