I can understand your hostility to asylum seekers,
(and those of others on this forum), or..
Foxy,
No, you don't understand at all because those of us who are against this religious invasion are not, repeat ARE NOT hostile to asylum seekers. This is where you are so utterly wrong. What we are against is simply handing this great country over to people whom people like yourself are inviting in without asking those who are actually contributing the this country's greatness. Those people whom you invite in do not have this country's nor it's citizens interest at heart. They are agenda merchants & the agenda is crystal clear to most. Why are you so blind ? You really need to get out of your link library occasionally. When was the last time you went for a sunday afternoon to Cabramatta or Lakemba or any western Sydney suburbs ? Did you really feel at ease there as an Australian ? Do you really want the whole of Australia to become like that ? Well, I & many others don't so please keep your misguided compassion to yourself. it's only fake anyway. How can you claim to have compassion when you're an advocate for ruining Australia ?

Oh Lordy, Lordy.

Dear Shadow Minister,

"Boat People, Illegal Migration and Asylum Seekers: in Perspective"

Three distinct groups.

"The boat people who arrived in 1999 represent numerically only a tiny fraction of non-citizen entrants, and a small proportion of Australia's 'illegal' population."

Look at the punctuation my friend. Are you really that dense that you need a translation? Actually best not to answer that. Here you go;

The boat people who arrived in 1999 represent numerically only a tiny fraction of non-citizen entrants, and a small proportion of Australia's so called illegal population.

Come on mate I'm sure you have something a bit more concrete. Whatcha got for us big boy?

'So don't worry - be happy.
We are afterall setting an example for our children
and the rest of the world. '

Try telling that to the fathers/brothers of those girls raped in the Western parts of Sydney.

SR,

I thought you would try and weasel out. It is crystal clear to all rational people.

Are you going to put you nuts where your mouth is and declare that illegal immigrants has never been the official lexicon for boat people?

I guess not.

Dear Shadow Minister,

You wrote;

“Are you going to put you nuts where your mouth is and declare that illegal immigrants has never been the official lexicon for boat people?”

No I'm afraid it is only your side that is capable of those sort of contortions. I suppose extreme flexibility with the truth always helps.

We still haven't got from you said 'official lexicon'. Come on mate I'm sure you should be able to dig a quote up from somewhere. I will even take a statement from a department head.

SM,

The official lexicon for "boat people" before Tin Pot Morrison came to power was "Irregular Maritime Arrivals".

The official lexicon for those who came by air was "Non Irregular Maritime Arrival".

Immigration Dept pdf covering 2011-12

http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/asylum/_files/asylum-trends-aus-annual-2011-12.pdf

Non-IMA: In 2011-12 there were 7036 applications for asylum by people who originally arrived by air, an increase of 11% on 2010-11....and was almost exclusively attributable to lodgements by international students....The number of people arriving by air and seeking protection has been rising since 2004-05...

IMA: In 2011-12 a total of 7379 people who arrived by sea and were screened into a refugee status determination process.