@ Is Mise,

Well, I surmise that either the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) is not that crash hot, or the Tamil "asylum seekers" are a wily lot --'cause some 100,000+ got past the BSF somewhere, somehow!

"The United Nations (UN) Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) reports Indian government statistics as indicating that, "as of 1 November 2010, there were more than 70,000 Sri Lankan refugees living in some 112 camps in Tamil Nadu and 32,467 living outside the camps" (UN 5 Jan. 2011)"
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,IRBC,,IND,,4d789ee22,0.html

that's only the ones that weren't shot.

The crews are already imprisoned for a minimum of 5-10 years.

The only method with a proven track record is to return to the Pacific solution which reduced the boats to a trickle and also complied with the UNHCR charter.

<<that's only the ones that weren't shot>>

That's why we need GUN CONTROL--both here and worldwide!

Typical 'dog-whistle' response from SPQR.

That's why we need GUN CONTROL--both here and worldwide!
SPQR,
NO & no again. What we need is moron & idiot control. So far as guns are concerned can you state just one instance where a gun went berserk just by itself & caused mayhem ? However,
I know of countless instances where some idiots not only picked up a gun & went ape but they were actually given guns by some irresponsible idiot bureaucrat megalomaniacs. The same goes for anything from picking up a rock to discharging a firearm.
As for stopping the boats all Australia has to do is to advertise that illegals will not get to set foot onto australian soil. Genuine refugees can't afford to pay people smugglers so that's one way of determining their status.