paul and Foxy,
It is hard to believe you are still talking about the illegal entrants to Aus.

At least for now, it is over, finished, kaput. Mr Morrison implemented policies that has stopped the boats from coming, or were you asleep. Well you missed something special. No more shonks turning up on our doorstep. No more profits for people smugglers and no more drownings and no more kids (and adults) going into detention.

I see you are still peddling the same old worn out lines that were disproved years ago. Australians woke up to the fact that the 'asylum seekers' were simply gate crashers for economic gain and taking advantage of our generosity. Very few Aussies accept the speil that most were fleeing danger.

Of course Triggs report was political as she admitted and now the UN should be praising the current government for the massive reduction in kids in detention and the saving of lives.

I say a good 'well done' to the government but keep the system going. Do not relent. Reserve our compassion for those that deserve it.

This was the inheritance from Rudd, Gillard and the Greens,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0MHRSFz6FM

Dear Banjo,

All I can do is politely suggest for you to
read the website given earlier which I shall
list again for you here:

http://thediplomat.com/2014/02/australias-troubling-asylum-seeker-policy/

You may actually learn something.

Nothing is finished (people are still in
detention) - but it certainly is "kaput."
It was "kaput" right from the get-go. What we need
to do right now is fix the government's asylum
seeker policy which is a disgrace. We also need to
be told how many boats have been intercepted and
turned back. I guess we'll eventually find out
sometime in the future - one day - maybe -
but we've got buckley's
at present with the secrecy currently involved.

Foxy: What we need to do right now is fix the government's asylum seeker policy which is a disgrace.

Yes you’re right Foxy. We need to tell the UN to come & pick up their Asylum Seekers. We don’t want more potential Terrorists here.

Foxy: We also need to be told how many boats have been intercepted and turned back.

Too right we need something to celebrate after the last lot of Terrorists killings & a few attempts that were stopped.

Foxy:Australia’s troubling Asylum Seeker Policy.

I agree. It need to be tightened up, even more, especially with the threats of 10000+ Islamic Hordes being let loose from Indonesia.

What really troubles me is the Government stopping these people from leaving. The Government believes they can turn these people around. They wish.... Not a chance in Hell. Islamist are the ultimate fanatics. It’s best to help them, & their families, on their way. It’s even better to stop them before they get here.

Banjo: Very few Aussies accept the spiel that most were fleeing danger.

The only ones that are still fooled are Greenie fanatics & their fellow travellers & a few caring, nice but very naive people.

Now a question.

These people that want to go to fight with ISIS but have been prevented from leaving Australia.

If one or a number of them murder someone, or blow something up, killing & maiming Innocent people, should we be able to sue the people in Government who stopped them from leaving Australia?

Maybe that should be a separate discussion. What do you think?

Dear Fox,

All I can do is politely suggest is for you not to cherry-pick, even from a site that obviously appeals to your world view.

Here is an article by Luke Hunt that gives tribute to the Abbott government's initiatives to stop the people smugglers in their tracks. You might also note the correct references to illegal immigrants:

http://thediplomat.com/2013/12/people-smugglers-feel-the-pinch/

Marvelous wasn't it how the Abbott government acted so quickly, resolutely and effectively to deter the foul trade that caused so may deaths.

Something you would expect that Australia's Human Rights Commission would be recognising and celebrating along with the UN. Mais non, the president of the HRC and the UN have other agendas apparently.

Open the other eye, you may actually learn something.

Beach, a very good article and relevant to 2013. We have moved on since then and issues have arisen, namely the treatment of children kept in detention and the human rights of others being held. Both Gillian Trigg, Australia, and Juan Mendez, UN, have highlighted serious breaches by our government in respect to human rights of asylum seekers being held on both Manus and Nauru. Do you care to comment on that?

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/asylum-seeker-torture-report-united-nations-special-rapporteur-juan-mendez-responds-to-tony-abbott-criticism-20150310-13zrwz.html