The Greens and Labor are screeching that Dutton should be punished for claiming that many immigrants by boat are illiterate and largely unemployable. It would appear that now telling the truth is a crime.

While from the numbers of boat arrivals there are many success stories, unfortunately this is not true for the majority. "An Australian Institute of Family Studies earlier this year found that among adult refugees resettled here, more than 10 per cent of the men and almost 20 per cent of the women had not attended school. A further 34 per cent had less than 10 years of schooling, almost half had never undertaken paid work and a quarter had long-term illnesses or disabilities. Only 7 per cent had worked in the previous week."

For each person that cannot support themselves, there is a cost to the taxpayer of between $30 000 p.a. or higher, and resources are required to educate, house and care for them that are limited. The quota of 14 000 was based on these resources, and the numbers proposed by the greens and labor of 50 000p.a. are ridiculous.

SM,

Nice try...

"Refugees are not taking Australian jobs, they are creating new ones, according to new government research that reveals humanitarian arrivals are the country’s most entrepreneurial migrants.

Humanitarian migrants tended to work several jobs in their first few years in Australia.
People from the UK and India – most of whom arrived on skilled or family visas – contributed the largest share of the $38bn earned by migrants in Australia in 2009-10, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, released on Friday, reveals.

But it was migrants who arrived as refugees who reported the highest proportion of their incomes that year “from their own unincorporated businesses”.

This income grew with the length of time they spent in Australia, and “increased sharply” after five years of residency.

The report built on earlier research showing humanitarian migrants tended to work several jobs in their first few years in Australia to build capital to start their own businesses, the ABS said."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/04/refugees-are-australias-most-entrepreneurial-migrants-says-research

"Study finds refugees are good for business in Australian country towns"

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/study-finds-refugees-are-good-for-business-in-australian-country-towns-2015-4

Dutton made a huge faux pas yesterday - insulting the legacy of many of those immigrants who built this nation (and who came here with limited or no English and made successes of themselves)

What a prat Dutton is...(and he took the limelight off Feeney - Lol!)

If they are good for starting businesses with their limited education skills then what the hell are we teaching our kids?

The Schrödinger's Immigrant: The one who lazes around on benefits while simultaneously stealing your job.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIzivCJ9pzU

obviously the kids have taken Dutton out of context and refuse to have any sort of intelligent conversation about immigration. They would be the first to throw a tantrum should the Government take money from health, welfare or education in order to pay for more refugees. To bigotted to realise these simple facts.

Poirot,

You must really be desperate!

The article is so qualified as to be meaningless "But it was migrants who arrived as refugees who reported the highest proportion of their incomes that year “from their own unincorporated businesses”. Essentially means that they are unemployed and "working" in the informal sector.

The stats on the recent bunch of illegals is that only about 7% are employed, and most have no useable skills, and are a burden not a boon.

Dutton is not as big a pratt as Shorten, who once again managed to focus the attention on Labor's greatest failure