Having babies while in detention proves one thing. These people simply cannot control themselves, which is the very reason so many of them are in such poverty in the first place.

In order to be a good strong ruler of a nation, one must be able to remove emotion from the situation, because at the end of the day these people arrived illegally and simply cannot be settled in our country, ever. You want to live here you go about immigrating the right way.

As for immigrating, we as a nation are currently in unchartered waters as we face uncertainty because right now we are not meeting our financial commitments.

So in order to take in even more people, the first criteria for immigrants should be, that they have something to offer. I say this because we simply cant afford any more passengers.

So while this is a terrible situation, the simple fact is its a case of self inflicted pain, and chances are some cases were deliberate in an attempt to gain asylum.

As for the churches having an opinion, what hypocrites. No amount of good deeds will undo their wrongs.

I can’t believe this guy has a doctorate from anywhere, let alone Oxford. One thing you can say about his article is that the logic presented seems to match the grammar and scholarship displayed by the author.

“These are people that have tried to gain asylum” -- people who have tried to gain asylum
“The attempt was then made to use law to prevent the government to return this group” - to use the law to prevent the government returning this group.
“as well the might” – as well they might
“And here’s the question, I must, as a theologian and a Christian pastor ask:” - And here’s the question I must, as a theologian and a Christian pastor, ask:
“put in harms way” – put in harm’s way
“This [responsibility] is quite literally the case with Minister Dutton” - How can responsibility be anything but literal. Can Dutton be metaphorically responsible for something?
“We could [refrain from sending them back], but because natural justice demands it, we won’t.” – Does this Oxford post graduate even know the meaning of the term natural justice? It means anyone adversely susceptible to a government decision has a right to be heard in appeal. It has nothing to do with what he is talking about.

seems like just as Trigg made up guns in her head so abc made or at least passed on the fantasy of a 5 year old boy being raped on Nauru. Surely Mr Jensen should base his conclusions on truth rather than fantasy. You will rarely get the truth from socialist/regressives. Winning a spot in the Drum is not worth trading your integrity.