Bomber78 asks: "What about the real refugees who cant afford a 5k ticket stuck back in the camps?"
The best way to stop the boats (and eliminate mass drownings) and save billions is to savagely undercut the smugglers business model by decriminalising it.
That would enable airlines to offer flights at a cost that includes an Entry Tax (plus seat costs) at a fee that puts smugglers out of business and changes offshore prison costs into a revenue steam that would pay for refugee re-settlement costs.
See refugees as assets (not vermin) and the huge 'problem' of refugees vanishes forever.
