Abbott - Australia Unsettled, page-123

If they are fleeing the middle east, Australia is not a logical choice as it is on the other side of the world...
It is not possible to get on a ricketty boat and travel by boat to Australia, gerenally flights through mutiple countries are required, usually to Indonesia when they board a gangster contracted boat for the final trip...

Once these people leave their country and arrive in a neighboring country where they are safe, they are no longer entitled to call themselves asylum seekers as they are no longer seeking asylum but merely looking for an economic outcome...
In this case, the welfare benefits Australia has on offer...