Suseonline

'And Runner, can we please just have ONE discussion on this forum without you preaching, or bringing up the dreaded 'unborn'?'

well Susie if you stop moralising about boat people when the ideology you support led to so many deaths I just might. The fact is that the killing of the unborn is just as inhumane as towing boats to nowhere, obviously I fact you don't wamt reminding of.

What is it with you ladies.

This admission of all these refugees & middle eastern migration is most definitely bequeathing civil war to your grand kids. There is not a country that has developed a sizable minority group with in it's boarders what has not ended up that way.

Even countries where the new people were of the same ethnicity, but spoke a different language conflict has followed, with civil war if the numbers were large enough.

Tell me, why do you hate your grand kids.

Dear Suse,

Thank You for your comments.

It is depressing reading some of the postings on
this discussion.

Instead of personal attacks what we should be doing
is having a broader conversation about this
global problem - because as
many political commentators have pointed out - the
answers lie in understanding the situation and
trying to come up with better responses to meet the
overwhelming needs asylum seekers face. The current government
police of concealment, silence, obfuscation is indeed
shameful. Some have called it "the mushroom policy."
Keep them in the dark and feed them BS.

Dear Hasbeen,

I think that you are swallowing the hype.

As our history has shown over many years
the majority of refugees and immigrants to this
country - have settled and adjusted to our way
of life quite nicely.

You expressed concern about
the Middle-East. I take it you are referring to
Muslims. Muslims according to the last census
make up only 1.5 per cent of our population.
And, 36 per cent of Australian Muslims were
born here. Almost 50 per cent of Australian
Muslims are aged 24 and under. Despite your
expressed concerns - the vast majority of Australian
Muslims see no conflict of loyalty between Islam and
Australian citizenship.

I think that your concerns are unwarranted.

Another example of enough is enough.

Israeli government to refugees: Go back to Africa or go to prison

HOLOT, Israel — As Europe struggles to stem a spring flood of migrants from Africa and the Middle East trying to cross a deadly Mediterranean Sea, Israel has begun to toughen its stance toward refugees, telling unwanted Africans here they must leave now or face an indefinite stay in prison.

Israeli authorities are sending letters to the first of 45,000 Eritrean and Sudanese refugees, informing them they have 30 days to accept Israel’s offer of $3,500 in cash and a one-way ticket home or to an unnamed third country in Africa, or face incarceration at Saharonim prison.

Israeli leaders have proclaimed that their tough approach — building a fence along the country’s border, denying work permits for illegal migrants, forcing them into a detention center in the desert — may ultimately save lives by dissuading migrants from attempting a perilous journey. Critics of the Israeli policy counter that a country built by refugees should be more accepting of those fleeing war, poverty and oppression.

But these days, even liberal Europe is considering a more muscular approach. The European Union began a push Monday for U.N. authorization to deploy military force in the Mediterranean to stop migrant smuggling ships.

REST OF STORY

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/toughening-its-stan...

Correcting above
they have 30 days Should read "they have 30 days"