Hi cerhob Your quote: Most understand that refugees are a a reality and that they aren't "illegal" and that we need to take them in. Most are OK with the 15k that we take and would be OK with raising that number.
They are illegal. Once they leave their so called dangerous place and land somewhere they cease to have any legitimacy to the term "asylum seekers”
They are "economic opportunists" They just want to come to the land of free give always, the land of milk and honey and I do not blame them or condemn them for that desire. These are commonly used actions overseas
But Australia is a sovereign nation and has every right to enforce its entry criteria in any way that is required, including instant deportation to where they came from or turning back boats.
If boats sink in Australian waters we should rescue them and then deport them but if they sink if other waters we only have an obligation if we have boats there, it is the responsibility of the nation in whose waters they sink.
As to your assumption that most Australians are happy to accept them and more, you are so wrong. Most Australians want immigration numbers of all sorts to be cut. Most Australians want the criteria to be tightened and enforced
Even in Britain they are now requiring immigrants to learn the National Anthem before becoming a citizen and that immigrants should know that Britain is a Christian Country and they should have a knowledge of the British history so they can become British, not just someone living in another country to make money
So it is easy for you to make statements but you are unable to prove them and certainly the various polls that have been done prove my statements regardless of your dislike of the truth
