Hey Rehctub,
You get my vote.

Not sure what the average cost is, but I read a news article a few months back that spoke about bringing 50,000 Syrian refugees (I think) with a cost estimate that equated to $75,000 a head.

I want to know the total value not just their benefit but of everything they are initially given or that which is spent on them.

The information is bound to be available for those wanting to access it; we are not quite the secret state - yet. But, irrespective of what these bludging country-shoppers cost us, they will continue to coast us intil we have a government with the backbone to put a stop to the stupid care for people who are not supposed to here in the in the first place. Turn back the boats, we-do not-want-a-bar-of-you should be the only policy. For those here in detention, send them home, and to hell with what the UN says; that corrupt organisation has no control over what we do. China ignores it; so should we.

ttbn,
Do you think there should be no international law? Or do you just think Australia should be above the law?

Fortunately for refugees, most Australians are not as evil as you, and do not wish to see people sent to their deaths even though they've committed no crime.

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rehctub, that's some serious revisionism! Kevin Rudd shielded our economy from the GFC and you accuse him of being an economic vandal!

Like those ocassional lies that are circulated via email, it's not surprising that this sort of myth is created and perpetuated.
We heard the same stuff about aborigines and Asians, not to forget the holiday resort lifestyles of various groups of refugees in detention.

It reminds me of when I was working for a Government department that was going to employ some aborigines. Managers were worried about potential racism in the workplace so they arranged a full-day course presented by a sociologist to explain aboriginal culture and how it related to their working conditions.
During the course she dispelled the multitude of rumours that many had taken for granted about handouts and allowances and I learned quite a few things myself.
After the course there were several die-hards that changed their tack from complaining about the (phoney) handouts to the notion that the new employees had now put them a day behind in their own work.

Some people just gotta hate and this myth is just another example.

I am immensely proud of the fact that we are a signatory to the convention on refugees and that we as a nation are prepared to accept refugees albeit in modest numbers for resettlement in our comparatively wealth country.

To see the utter devastation of Syrian towns and the utter despair of so many fleeing not only violence and death but the total obliteration of their homes and the physical spaces of their upbringing plus the deaths of some many of their community means to have stood by and done nothing was not an option for a country such as ours.

Resettlement does cost money which I do not begrudge one bit. The refugees I know are just keen to get on with things. One of the doctors in my small town is an Iraqi refugee and while I'm sure his transition to a new country was easier than some it still was not without stress and strain. The more we make an effort both in terms of money and attitude the more successful will be incorporation of these deserving individuals and families into our society.

We are a big country where most of us have pretty broad shoulders and are each willing to take a little of the burden involved in helping out some of the world's most desperate peoples.

Well done Australia.

50,000 refugees times $75k?

If it was true (which it isn't), that about what we spent on getting ready for the Olympics - not to mention the $40 million we spent to resettle just a couple of them in Cambodia.

Considering how much off-shore detention is costing overall, money has never been a factor when it comes to politicians chasing votes. After all, it's not their own money.