While I want the boats stopped our standard of debate on the issue has taken a dive.
Pure ignorance from RABBOTT that it is a local issue not an international one points to the birth of our ignorance about the subject.
Too to the red neck hatred, Tony why do you alway chase the lowest levels for support.
I am forced to wounder, just what would the world think if they dropped in to this thread to find out about Australians.
If only!
If only Tony Abbott had looked for answers not sponsored continuing arrivals so he could use the issue!

Poirot: They are getting their children out of harm's way.

Your simple Bigot: By putting them on a leaky unsafe boat? How stupid are these people.

Poirot: Would you leave your children in a place of danger when you had the opportunity to transport them to somewhere of safety?

Your Simple Bigot: Muslims wouldn't hurt children. Would they?

If these people wanted to get their children out of harms way they could go to a friendly Muslim country close by without having to put their children in harms way by make a dangerous sea crossing. It was the Ayatollah Khomeini in his speech in WA that told the Muslims to get to Australia so they could be converted to Islam. That's why they come here.

Hi Lexi, yes, yes, we all know Abbott is stupid. He won't be there when the Election starts in earnest anyway.

Kevin Rudd suggests a three-pronged solution to the
problem:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/18/kevin-rudd-immediate-deportations-boats

@Poirot,

<<They are getting their children out of harm's way>>

And that's how they play us.

They send unaccomplished children --so soft hearted (& headed) us release them.

Then the children get to sponsor their mother --so we fly in the mother.

Then the mother gets to sponsor her husband and her other mature aged children.

And pretty soon they're all over here. And it would appear that many of us are none the wiser.

If we were giving get out of detention centre cards to redheads, most of the boat arrivals would be redheads.

unaccomplished s/b unaccompanied
(they are very very accomplished -at deception)

All unaccompanied children must be sent to Christian School, given Christian names & taught Christianity.

No sponsoring of parents as we really don't know who their rightful parents are because they have no Documentation. If they do have Documentation it doesn't matter, obviously the parents didn't want them otherwise they wouldn't have sent them unaccompanied on such a dangerous trip.

It would then be up to Australia to save them from such a terribly hateful religion.