SPQR,
The "refugee" camps in Turkey and Lebanon are simply dual function military bases in the medieval style, the western backed rebels go back across the border to fight then return to rest, resupply and have their wounds treated. In days gone by armies would also have a large train of civilian camp followers and fortresses usually had a civilian population, so the cook, the doctor, the black market merchant who provides the cell phones and laptops, the mechanic who repairs the generators and motorbikes and the woman who does the laundry are all part of the army.

A quote from the link Belly gave;
The young men aged 18, 19 and 20, are angry at their treatment and say it is only because they are Muslim.

I wonder why that is ?
I mean who would have thought that ?
Dear oh dear what a shame, hmmm

<<The young men aged 18, 19 and 20, are angry at their treatment and say it is only because they are Muslim>>

That now has become the knee-jerk claim by any group that can't get all it wants: "we are unfairly profiled" "we are discriminated against".

Actually, I would say that Islam and Muslims are all too often presented in a misleadingly positive light, and excused.

I have recently come across a spate of programs/serials which see it as OK to present the Western security services in a poor light but will present even extreme Muslims as tricked into their violent ways by mischievous Westerners

Susie,
You said,"I do agree that all immigrants must adhere to Australia's laws if they want to stay here".
I agree with that, and you said, "I'm sure they would be punished if they didn't, like everyone else".
But they are not punished and the laws are not enforced. e.g. FGM and forced marriages. Do you think the laws should not be enforced because of cultural consideration?
Then you went on, "I don't agree with refusing EVERYONE from one race, country, culture, or religious group....because that would be racism".
If a group generally will not integrate why should we not refuse entry to that group? Why do you consider it racism to refuse entry on the grounds of culture or religion? You are changing the meaning of the word racism.

In a later post you said," I may be atheist, but I'm no racist, and I was raised to be tolerant of 'different' people to myself.
Cultural diversity is the spice of life.
Vive la difference"!

So again, I ask just what other cultural practices would you 'tolerate'? There are plenty of cultural practices that I think we generally would find abhorrent. Pedophillia and incest are examples that come to mind.

Suseonline is just saying , Never you mind' as leftie 'Progressives do and giving the big swerve to the issue of better screening of intending migrants.

Few object to the intake of properly selected migrants:

- those with the skills we do not have in adequate supply - not for example the federal government simply refusing to fund the training of Australian doctors and recruiting from South Africa and India instead;

- while ensuring that migrants are preferred from countries and groups that can be relied upon not to introduce cultural problems such as enduring tribal conflicts, and unspeakably offensive customs such as female genital mutilation.

It is a furphy that the second generation will drop such traditions and practices when they are taught in the home. The extreme multiculturalism policy of the 'Progressives' rolls logs in the path of police and other authorities seeking to enforce Australian law.

Then there are people like Suseonline, claimed 'do-gooders'(!), who assert that once the migrants are here the laws should be changed to suit them. Suseonline has already defended ritual slaughter on that basis. Australia already had existing law to ensure humane slaughter. Those regulations and Australian Standards should not be flexed to suit their medieval religious rituals. They knew the deal or ought to have known before they came here. But in any event, obey our laws, damn-it!

OTB,
The problem for the Aus population is that the issue is not just party political. Neither Labor or LNP do anything about it.

PM Hawke brokered the deal between Labor and the NLP and both parties have stuck to that. I am still hoping the current government will abolish multiculturalism but there is little hope of them cutting immigration or taking action to enforce our laws regarding alien cultural practices.

To me, and others, we see what is taking place overseas and, to avoid similar here, the answer is obvious. Stop importing those groups that will not integrate.