Check the current Refugee Situation as described by the NSW
Ecumenical Council at:

http://forum.quakers.org.au/viewtopic.php?t=719

So Gerrit as i understand you would prefer to winge than give advise,
i have also tried emailing but to no avail. As i see it you are a person with a wealth of knowledge but what is need is the use of it.

And citisenship should be a privalige and not just given.
Yes maybe there have been changes but how some of us see it to have free speech which is not so free with news,choice,to be able to be who we are.

These may only be little things and not entirely written but this is what it is about.
Until such time when the people what a republic then the constitution is what we sit on.
swulrich@bigpond.net.au

That was an interesting website quiverquaker. Much information can also be found on the UN web sites.

It's a shame there are so many people with an opinion on refugees who do not know the barest of detail.

As to the threat, what a ridiculous notion that terrorists would risk their ass or their mission by coming on some leaky boats. They fly in with perfectly legal paperwork. The twin towers in New York were not brought down by illegals slinking into the US.

I've heard people carry on about asylum seekers lack of paper work or illegal paperwork. They obviously haven't even got the imagination to realise that not everywhere it is as easy as going to your nearest post-office as it is here.

Some of the countries with the most refugees in camps have a great problem with poverty as it is. Like Pakistan with 680,000 REGISTERED refugees. Goodness knows how many are not. That's a bit more than Australia's paltry number.

Europe, which is densely populated also have tens of thousands of refugees in each country.

The carry on in Australia is pathetic. Especially since we like to stride importantly on the world stage. The issue of refugees and internally displaced persons in the world is dire.

Australia has a pathetic number of humanitarian immigrants. The majority are people who probably should be staying in their countries to help rebuild because of their skills not coming here to fill the gap caused by our shocking mismanagement re Education of our own young people.

Asylum Seekers are actually a potential threat to our Border Security.

What I think the Government is worried about is the ease at which terrorist organizations could traffic their leading members or 'main men' into the country. All they would have to do is get on a boat from Sri Lanka etc. and throw their papers and identification overboard on the way.

Even though I am opposed to the current Immigration Policy I can see where the Government is coming from.

Why on Earth would a terrorist organization 'traffic their leading men' or any other men for that matter, on a boat from Sri Lanka when there are perfectly safe flights on airplanes every day? It would be lots and lots cheaper for starters and be virtually risk free. Looked up the cost of an airplane ticket lately? That part of the argument never made any sense whatsoever and surely was only for the benefit of making something unpalatable seemingly legitimate.

Neither in Europe, nor the USA have terrorist attacks been made by asylum seekers. The two do NOT go together.