The government has given up - indeed there's some suggestion an open door policy has been the unspoken major premise all along.
There is much merit in the suggestion that a Coalition government ditch the UN Refugee Convention, thus removing the shackles that currently bind the justice system, make it a pre-condition to achieving refugee status that application is made offshore and devising a process to deprive illegals access to the court system. Scott Morrison has mooted the first option previously.
In addition, seize and sink all boats [many are being allowed to return now after naval vessels intercept them; they just re-load and come back]; introduce mandatory minimum jail sentences of 10 years for crew and spend money advertising this in embarkation areas. Take away the discretion of lenient courts.
The only ones who would squeal would be the chattering classes, but what's new? People just want the flood to stop and don't particularly care how.
