There are about 400m refugees that would fit more easily fit the requirements that the boat people do. Even if we allowed in 100 000 a year it would barely dent the problem.

The illegal entries are simply jumping the queue by people would would otherwise be unlikely ever to be approved.

legal eagle,
You really are quite naive, easy to see you are a student.

Those that apply for asylum overseas do not fare very well, about 20% success I think from memory.

Those that arrive here legally and apply for asylum fare about the same. Why? Because we have proof of where they come from and identity so we can send them back.

The success rate of those that enter illegally is between 92% and 97% mainly because we cannot prove their identity and allow them in.

That is also why the illegals are prepared much more than the air fare to the smugglers. They would not be allowed in the front door.

Yep same old rehashed arguments put forward by a bunch of immigrants against immigration, the irony of it all!

Those that whinge and whine (mainly cos they got no clue) about migrants (their very own folks) have a tendency to always deflect any criticism of their puerile points with counter accusations of - fearing being labeled racists, or fear of being singled out for criticism by the UNHCR, or are self hating anti-western/anti-whites, or just spinster prim and proper “school teachers” (dare I say it in creeping Seppoism, “schoolma’ams”) whom wield to much influence over society, or are anti-democratic, anti-capitalist lefty commie supporters, or are bleeding hearts.

On and on it goes ad-nauseam. I wonder if they were back in their native European homelands if they would also complain about the old eastern bloc white Slavic’s coming over?

Hey get a clue……this is Australia……..geographically located in the Asia/Pacific Region of the earth where Asian and Pacific peoples naturally live. You’re not in Europe any more Alice, try reading the Australian Gov’t’s facts on the subject:

http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/pubs/BN/sp/AsylumFacts.pdf

Aaah Westralis the Muslim... who wants more of his own to come here ...right ?

Yeah....that'll be right, couldn't be further from the truth.

Baptised C of E actually! But it doesn't matter though does it? You'll find something in that to make into an enemy out of anyone regardless if it were Anglican, Catholic, Islamic or Aboriginal Australian belief. The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

Westralis

Do you think it valid to discriminate between asylum seekers based upon where they are processed?

Do you think it ethical to give legal advantage to people who engage with criminals and undertake very dangerous voyages in unseaworthy vessels?

Do you think that a policy which discouraged people from engaging with criminals and undertaking dangerous voyages would be a better policy?