Cossemby,

Am I correct in thinking that your parents were migrants from the UK and came to Australia as part of the post-WW2 assisted immigration?

If so, there is bugger-all similarity between the lawful invited migration of yourself and your parents legally with papers and all above board on the Fairsea and the economic migrants who are arriving illegally through people smuggling.

The government is endeavouring to stop deaths at sea by breaking the business model of the criminal gangs involved in people smuggling. What remedy do you suggest instead?

Cossemby,

<< I'm the descendant of ... economic migrants yada yada yada which roughly translates to: economic migrants are the best thing since sliced bread>>

There are other avenues for economic migrants who wish to move to OZ. Let them utilize those channels --NOT the Refugee Convention!

<< I predict that the migrants of today (economic / refugee) will do [settle in well] >>

Or, we could turn out like Kosovo or Lebanon --or some of the western suburbs of Sydney!

<<The current rule to prevent them from working seems totally stupid ...put them to work building more!>>

On the surface that seems fine --but there are two potential problems:
1) Will they be willing/able to do the hard yakka entailed
2) A more serious issue, when they are not able to find work on the open market there will be calls to introduce "special opportunites" for them --code for positive discrimination to ensure they get first pick of the jobs on offer.


<<I have pretty much given up on The Forum because of the unpleasant language>>

Let's face it, you've given up 'cause you want everyone to sing from your hymn book.
There are plenty of other forums on the internet that catter to lefties --in fact most are censored and controlled by lefties

<< Suzie,Lexi, Paul etc>>
So let's see now, of the a forenamed NONE have EVER, EVER used the terms bigots, racists or bogans (or implied their opponents were bigots or racists or bogans?)
Tell me again, where did you buy your blinkers?

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Poirot,

<<If we allow the usual suspects free reign, in no time they will have installed a flashing neon sign which reads " Boat People = Economic Migrants">>

Still, it would be a darn-side more honest than calling them "irregular maritime arrivees" or "asylum seekers" or "child refugees" when they're aged in their thirties

To Suzie,Lexi, Paul, and Co.

That includes officer Poirot of the internet etiquette police.

I will make 1 statement and have 2 questions for you.

With the passage of time say the last 2 years the overwhelming weight of evidence that has eventually come out is that the majority of people are ECONOMIC refugees, very little if any has come out to support that the majority are genuine refugees.

Now do you honestly have the same conviction to your cause now as you had 2 years ago, if so what evidence do you use to support that?

Wow, you people do waffle on.
Can't you see (like I have) that Mr. PJack is always right.
Remember "1984"

Take a breath folks, big news is on the way.
Carr in highlighting the truth has told us that much.
Mr Rudd Hon PM, is heading for Indonesia this week.
So wait and watch.
Saw Bishop the younger this morning on the TV is it just ,me?
Is she every bit as NASTY as Mirabela?, hope not but close.
Warning! Abbott,s front bench should take note fear tactics are now a turn off.
Policy.s are his last straw.
Any one seen Mr Turnbull?

I don't know why everybody wants to stop the boat people coming into this huge country of ours? Theres plenty of room with millions of miles of empty space that hardly a living person has even stood. Many of these boat people have many jobs to do with growing things in the desert conditions and sandy type soil, so why won't we let them all in to help us all turn the desert and other bad soil into ground able to grow stuff in? Or is it because we don't like people from other countrys? Racist, Racist, is the reason why. And because we are too greedy and mean to shear all out great wealth with other people less fortnunate then us!?