SR,

Here are a few more:

http://www.immi.gov.au/about/reports/annual/1998-99/html/prog2_4a.htm

This involvement is sometimes limited to transporting people to other countries, by boat, across land borders, or by air. In other cases criminal involvement extends to commercial interest in the activities of people after their illegal entry into a country, including exploitation. As well as breaching domestic law, illegal migration compromises the operation of orderly migration and temporary entry arrangements.

http://www.afp.gov.au/media-centre/publications/platypus/previous-editions/2000/september-2000/1psmugl.aspx

"Factors underpinning illegal immigration
The factors behind illegal immigration include push factors such as war; civil unrest; persecution (for religious, racial, political and other reasons); poverty; environmental catastrophes and degradation; and the lack of opportunity for legal movement. Pull factors include the existence of a safe, secure environment; improved economic opportunities; familial and cultural connections; and lifestyle considerations. The push and pull factors are augmented by facilitating factors such as the breakdown of national borders; the revolution in communications and information; the availability of transportation; and the accessibility of people smuggling services."

That is about as close to a slam dunk as you will get.

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO SEE THE MEDIA IS A LIE
here is some histry of the media/ITS A SUPPRESSED BOOK FOR VER A CENURAry[read it and see why]

IT LAys out the Base for todays problems/COMPOUNDED MANY FOLD
ignorance of histry is NO EXCUSE[WHAT THEY DID THEN..97 YEARS AGO;they do far more affective today,

its harder to bury a book
but word search FINDS IT ALL
ONCE THE INFO IS OUT OF THE MEDIA eye/the issue is gone

mooove on
IM NOT SUBSCRIBING TO A MEDIA BEAT UP

http://home.alphalink.com.au/~radnat/anstey%27s%20kingdom%20of%20shylock.html

lest we forget/lab..began these exreem measures
the libs merely continued..it[im refusing to rwad a THRAD I KNOW IS CHEST BEATING HOW THEY DIDNT DO it we did..just like the big guys like it

DIVIDE AND DIVIDE FURTHER
LIE TILL THEY DONT KNOW TRue from faulse

HERE I A RARE TRUTH..SUPPREssed for 97 years
at least bother reading ral news/of the daY;AS IT HAPPEND
http://home.alphalink.com.au/~radnat/anstey%27s%20kingdom%20of%20shylock.html

This thread is ridiculous. During world war 2 the English were bombed day after day for years. Scotland and Wales and the Isle of Man were possible safer havens, but did the English flee there, or anywhere else? No, the women stuck it out and stayed in their own country and helped it to continue functioning, and too many of the young men went abroad to stop an invasion. Those too old to do this still did their bit for the country in many various ways.
Now it seems that their humane policy of allowing refugees from later conflicts in other countries to flood in to England is having unwanted repercussions, as it is for many other countries who have allowed this.
All the mainly young males who flee here should be back in their own countries if they are serious about wanting to change their current regimes. Instead they think only of themselves and the easy way out we offer.
How dare they protest in our streets about the conditions 'back home'!
If they are so concerned, why aren't they back in their home countries shouting and carrying their protest flags there?
As proud Australians you all should be concerned about the path we seem doomed to tread with our misguided welcome to all policy. Oil and water DON'T mix, and neither do some of the radically different cultures and ideology some of you are so keen to embrace. This could only work if newcomers accepted the principle of "When in Rome etc. etc." which they can't do because their culture forbids it.
If you don't agree with this statement try getting a law passed which forbids all muslim women to wear burqhas or headscarves or any long black robes. Then sit back and see how that goes over!
cont'd

As an atheist I am not for or against any religion, but as a pragmatist it is obvious that religion is often at the heart of conflict. One would think that those who flee persecution because of their faith would at least understand this is precisely why they should throw off the restrictions which have been placed on them.
As for those who come here wishing to retain all their old hatreds, we' re better off if they stay put and fight their own wars in their own lands, and not come here to make their voices heard.
My Asian friends happen to agree with me on these points. They are what one would call moderate muslims, but have retained their faith, do not try and convert, do not join in vocal protests, and have very successfully integrated in Australian society.

SM. with your man Abbott being such a flunky of the US, do you think we should take a few thousand of those Mex's refo's the Yanks have such a problem with. What do you say to that?

Paul,

With your Lee Rhiannon being such a flunky of Hamas perhaps we should send her to Gaza to act as a human shield just as Hamas is doing to all its women and children.