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By Crispin Hull, published 11/11/2009The 47,000 people overstaying their visas do not make for dramatic news pictures.
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RobP, what I'd say is that it's clear that its very unfair!
* How do you pick between them? Because the numbers are such that you can't take them all.*
Given the humanitarian nature of the programme, stick to those
unable to help themselves due to being refugees, then even picking
straws would be fairer then selecting by a boat race, for those
with money.
*There are 1000 boat people coming here per year *
Not quite correct. We've had 5-6000 in some years. It neeeded a
Pacific solution to keep numbers low, hardly a satisfactory
position and hardly resources spent effectively. Then we have
all these problems of encouraging people on one hand, fighting
them off with sticks with the other. Hardly logical policy.
*My approach is a mixture of justice and realism which is where we differ.*
Err hang on there. I think that the points I am making are
very realistic. You can't really claim that the present debacle
is a satisfactory solution