Australia has a bad record on refugees - including under Labor. Our Australian government at present is simply negotiating / forcing countries (poorer countries near Australia) - where refugees have been coming from, so they don't arrive anywhere near Australia. Simply a "push away" approach. Why? It's easier.

Countries with appalling human rights policies, in which other countries (as a result) bring Australia into the picture - and this inevitably flows onto policy direction by terrorist groups or their government - has been ignored or "pushed away" on this page.

Why? It's easier.

So we face a constant cycle in terms of a range of problems such as lack of good policies in Australia, a culture of hate, international issues like our Australian journalist currently in an Egyptian prison (for potentially up to seven years), an ongoing global refugee crisis, future terrorism and a raft of other international problems.

Why isn't serious action taken? It's because of our countries "push away" culture or approach - but for me that's not good for the future.

NathanJ

For interest, what is Sweden doing in relation to claimed asylum seekers and why? The Nordic countries are always taken as example by the Leftists (who would know what Left is if they fell over it), so Sweden's experiences and learning should be relevant.

Advice and well meant.
It is good to travel. There is nothing like it to broaden. Gets us out of the cliche-ridden rut that is Oz media, including and sometimes especially the ABC. As for the 'independent' media, forget it.

Join YHA and go backpacking while your mind is reasonably supple and open to new experiences. It costs little and the rewards are mighty.

NathanJ,

<<Australia has a bad record on refugees …>>
Wrong –in per capita terms Oz ranks very highly & in terms of benefits it grants the new arrivees it also ranks very highly.

<<forcing countries (poorer countries near Australia) - where refugees have been coming from…>>
Wrong--
1) The illegals are “coming from …countries nearer” to Oz only after travelling from half way across the world –having bypassed a huge number of less affluent potential hosts –to get there.
2) “poor countries” Japan is hardly poorer than Oz –how many do they take in?
China –now the second greatest economy in the world –how many do they take in?


<<Countries with appalling human rights policies...yada yada yada ...>>
I could not work this one out...or much of what followed it?

<< Australia…a culture of hate>>
Wrong –the clearest bit of “hate” expressed on this thread was by one sympathetic to the open borders cause who didnt like anyone having a contrary view . And that is very often where you’ll find the “hate”!

but for me that's not good for the future.
Nathan J,
So, what in your opinion would be good for our future, let more superstitious & quarrelsome people in ?
How many more can we afford to keep for decades, how much more are you personally suggesting we should all contribute to a greater intake ?
How many more in your opinion could safely be taken in before they sway the political scene into the same crazed religious scenario which these people claim to run away from in the first place ?
Nathan, it's not productive or progressive in any way to state that Australia has a bad human rights record when you don't offer at least an opinion how to solve the problem ? These so-called refugees will always pose a problem to themselves & those who are kindhearted enough to take them in as history has so clearly put on display for us to see & realise what the future holds if we don't put ourselves first. I'm fully aware that the realists, unlike the idealists do not strive on feeing warm'n fozzy by sacrificing others' hard fought for living standard.

Australia is a welcoming migratory destination.
Those who wish to paint white Australian society as racist are being too precious in their thought process. They are adopting the U.N. mind set on racism, where any comment or any opinion on any aspect of difference is deemed racist.

But the fact is that a newchum who landed in Australia today immediately has ALL the rights of those born here. The wider society does not inhibit or boycott the endeavours of the newchum in any way. The hijab issue has been used as a marker to racism.....simply because it is noticed and dared to be mentioned, but the fact is that if a portion of the white population took on Roman gods and started wearing togas 24/7 it would be noted and commented on in the same manner.

The reason that it is commented on is because it is a statement of difference. It is a wilful exhibition of difference, yet the observer is branded a racist for making that observation. Less than 2% of immigrants leave the country for another within 10 years of their arrival....and the majority of those were pommies...missed the old dart....

The only racist issues in Australia are created by the legal and social engineering to justify their existence.

Dear Yuyutsu,

Thank You for your opinion.
It is appreciated, as is Nathan's.