But in regard to the abovementioned boatload. I would grant none of them permanent asylum in OZ.
And I would prosecute the crew whatever their *purported age*.

SPQR, This may help you;

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this party is really great,
they are against racist multicultralism
they are against mass scale non white immigration
they are against refugee/illegal boat invaiders.
infact they want to put a end to all 3 above which is really great news to help protect our white culture,heritage and identity.
all white pro proud white Aussies please check Australia first party out and all get behind this new regsitred political party!!
we need to do mass scale promoting of this party rite away in every area state by state,town/suburb by suburb.
did you know that there is now 6.858 million foreigners now living in our country,that is 490 foreigners for every one aussie,THIS IS MADNESS!!
please lets make a stand,lets help rescue white Australia for the sake of our children,there children!!

Just one question: There is 6,858,000 foreigners in Australia, plus 13996 dinky dies that is 6,871,996. According to sats Australia population is around 22,000,000 therefore what are the other 14,000,000 odd not dinky die and not foreigners. I think they are New Zealander's!
The only part of this diatribe I agree with is "THIS IS MADNESS."

"Which is a quick recipe for converting Sydney into a poorer version of Calcutta."

Nice little comparison there, Calcutta being a definitive location analogous of squalor and deprivation.... and full of people who ain't like us.

Ranting hyperbole doesn't help Paul1405. With UN approval of the Malaysian swap, why won't Greens sue for a finite increase in intake of asylum seeking refugees in return for supporting it?
The answer is because they're soppy sentimentalists who apparently care nothing for where their policy leads, nor for what the majority of Australians want.

The important issue in this debate has escaped most of the commentators to this subject. It is of course important to ascertain what Australians currently want, but far far more important is the determine what is in the best interests of the planet as a whole, and its sustainable and peaceful future for all humanity, including all refugees worldwide and all peoples troubled by war and mass violence. This is not to dismiss the legitimate interests of all nations, including Australia, in protecting their borders. But we now live in one interdependent world, one global village, and you just cant any more look at your own national interests in isolation from the rest of the world. That is neither fair nor viable in the longer term. Global problems require global solutions. Nationalistic political solutions by themselves are no longer lasting and beneficial solutions. We all have an interest in getting to the root of the refugee crisis world wide on a multilateral basis, supported by principle, ethics and fundamental human rights,and ascertaining what can be effectively done about it on a cooperative global basis. Band aid solutions are no solutions.

G R,

Unfortunately humans don't do "fundamental human rights of a global basis" particularly well. They are hunky-dory at doing "fundamental open border, free trade and profit" rights - even inventing organisations like the World Bank and the IMF to oversee loan-tied obligations like structural adjustments and the like which often further degrade the conditions of the general population in developing countries.

I believe that now a second boat with 150 people on board has capsized off Xmas island as a result of Labor's border protection policies.

Labor is quite happy to assume that the greens won't be bullied to vote for the Malaysian people swap policy, so why on earth assume that the coalition can. It is the responsibility of the government to do the best it can with what is available. Labor's response so far is to sulk and do nothing. It tries to blame the coalition, but the polls show that the electorate isn't buying it.