Interestingly, I note that at least one commentator in a large daily paper raises the same question and claims there are people in many countries doing that since the German NYE episode. This commentator said that migrants must learn the moral codes of western nations.

To my mind this goes much deeper than simply learning something, it is the attitude to women from their culture. Cultural practices are extremely difficult to change. For example, the Afghan bloke that attempted to steal the little girl, told the court that it is quite normal in his former country and was let off. Why do we continue to import people with such culture? Here whole communities 'kick up a stink' if they hear a rumour that a convicted peadophile is living within 10 miles of the local school, yet we import people who's culture approves of child sex.

I think this needs to be looked at in depth, as part of a through reappraisal of the whole migration policy.

I think there is a case for investing in classes on acceptable and accepted cultural behaviour for newly arrived refugees, particularly from certain areas. I know this is being done in at least one Scandinavian country and being considered in others.

Having grown up around Javanese Indonesians I know how little respect they have for the dress and behaviour of Australian women. While the Balinese are a deal more relaxed there is a particular hand signal that can be often sighted indicating 'Slu*' even when they are smiling at the person.

The cultural adjustments required when taking up residence in another country can be extensive and some of it is recognising sexual norms. Part of our commitment to assisting a portion of the world's refugees should include education in these areas.

Dear runner,

Broken Rites estimate that 1 in every 20 parish leaders within the predominant Christian denominations in Australia have been active in sexually abusing and often raping our children. The current Royal Commission is revealing just how widespread this abuse was and just how much the perpetrators continue to be protected by the Church hierarchies.

As a result I would think that a move to close the gates to any visiting or migrating Christian or indeed Jewish religious figures should be our first call don't you? While the inquiry has not revealed inappropriate behaviour by Moslem leaders I feel they too should be denied entry. Guilty by association I'm afraid. What is it about these people that they can't keep their hands of our youngsters?

The offender in the Surfer's Paradise incident wasn't a refugee, the reports I read said he was a Pakistani student based in Geelong who was holidaying in Queensland.

Steele, As recent scandals in Kerala in India have revealed the levels of abuse at Islamic Madrassas are approaching 100%, basically every child attending the two schools at the centre of the allegations was abused.
I highly recommend subscribing to some of the Indian news sites on Facebook, their press is far more free than ours and political correctness doesn't really exist so you get a good idea of how Muslim and Non Muslim groups interact on a larger scale.

Gee ttbn, aren't you being a bit sexist there, suggesting we don't allow single men to migrate here? I think all the other good ol' boys on the forum might take exception to that.

Steel redux is correct however. The status and treatment of women and children in some other countries is certainly questionable, and migrants from these countries need to be educated and supported in learning Australian values and morals when they want to live here.
However, we already have plenty of home-grown sexual abusers here in Australia, so maybe we shouldn't throw too many stones at other countries and their people?

Does anyone see multiculturalism as the reason for most of the problems Australia is having with sex perverts from the Middle East?

Multiculturalism was thrust upon the Australian community to transform all of us heathen racists into accepting anyone the politicians and business leaders wanted to bring into the country with the purpose of increasing the State revenue base for the governments and increasing profits by keeping a downward pressure on wages by the business sector.

We have all been duped by the politicians and business leaders into allowing sex perverts and terrorists from the Middle East to enter the country. Look what is now happening across Europe. And now European politicians are coming out and saying that European multiculturalism is dead. But I wonder what they intend to do about it.

Open season is all that is left.