Reaper
Tells it like it is.
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2004
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- SE Suburbs, Melbourne
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BTW: 'They are breaking our laws, entering illegally' - AFAIK it is not illegal to seek asylum in Australia, with or without a visa, regardless of mode of transport.
My objection is not the act of seeking asylum or even accepting refugees - I fully support the intake of bonafide refugees. I completely and utterly object to the way the boat people come to Australia. To put lives (particularly those of children) at risk by deliberately putting them on substandard boats and then exacerbate the situation by sabotaging these boats at sea to force a rescue is unforgivable in my eyes. By removing any possibility that a new life in Australia is ever possible is the only way I can think of to break this practise. Plenty don't like it but 6 years of history suggests that only this 'tough love' approach is the one that seems to work.