CJ, in that case your problem is with the design of the queue.
Even if more are taken each year, there are even more waiting
in camps. So even that is not a solution, it just means we
take more then what we did last year.

I know one thing. Those people waiting in refugee camps are
genuine refugees, or they would not be there. Unlike our present
system, which is open to rorting. That is exactly what most
Australians are unhappy about. They hate seeing our nation
being taken for a sucker, as is happening now, at great
expense to the nation.

So its rubbish to say that Australia is not a generous nation
etc. The reality is that our politicians simply don't have
the intelligence to come up with a fair system, that is cost
effective and not wide open to rorting.

That should be their goal, not the bleatings of Malcolm.

The situation is hopeless. Whether they arrive by air or sea and are
without a visa they should be turned around and sent whence they came.

There is a legal queue and we simply cannot take all those wishing to
come here. None of them have walked into Australia as they have all
passed through "Safe Havens" so they are not our responsibility.

They should be sent back to their last port of call.
That is easy with air travellers, the airline has to take them back
and any ship which arrived with them would have to sail with them on board.
So what is the difference between ships and boats ?
Keep the boats they arrive on and if they scuttle their boat, take
them halfway to their last port, put them on one of the boats and
wave them goodbye. It might be cheaper to fly them back. If the crew
are with them it would be harder for Indonesia to refuse them.

There just has to be an end to all this. It has been going on for
years and has to be brought to an end some time soon.

Do these refugees really expect permenant residency only after two weeks on Christmas island.They talk about the difficult boat trip to arrive at Christmas island but where was there original point of departure? Shri Lanka or Malasia? How did they arrive at Malasia? By plane, possibly, and if this is the case why not take the plane direct to Australia,no they won't do this for they have no visa and to apply would mean to wait and go through correct channels and there would be the possability that they would be placed on the next flight home. To arrive by boat means housing and food,which I suppose is not to bad for if conditions are as bad as they say it is I would be thankful for the safety ,food and bed of Christmas Island.Also why not apply for refugee status in Malasia. No this won't do for there is no money given out freely there in the form of welfare no free housing. They would still be safe there and if I was fleeing for being afraid of dying in my homeland I would take any place that would accept me without fear of death.
If the roles were reversed these people would not be as generous as australins are, they would jail us and expect us to arrange our own transport back to our point of origin or else we would be left to rot in jail.