Dear Joe,

I'm surprised at you.

It's not like you to be so ill-informed.

Dear Foxy,

How do you mean ?

For the record, I'm fully supportive of the annual refugee quota - is it twenty thousand now, or twenty seven thousand ? As long as they apply properly and take their turn, and as long as there are adequate support programs, such as English-language, housing, social support, etc., I'm happy with it.

But not illegal refugees, who try to jump the queue, and of course there IS a queue.

Love,

Joe

indy grab a cold beer, make it two go sit in front of a TV watch SKY NEWS
Be careful, it is an anti truth Trump like propaganda machine
Even further right that some of the things you say
Thanks however, for highlighting them, by your words
See post one, read the link, if it still works
Christopher Pyne was referring to THEM
He noted some are way out in front of Liberalism,and doing great damage, to this government
In fact the whole point of this thread is do commentators accurately reflect what voters are thinking
PS Trump [this mornings SMH] wants a Nobel prize for? buffoon of the year?

Dear Joe,

You are misinformed.

Lets look at the facts:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/15/theres-no-legal-queue-and-three-otherpfacts-australians-get-wrong-about-asylum-seekers

cont'd...

Dear Joe,

Sorry for the typo. Here's the link again:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/15/theres-no-legal-queue-and-three-other-facts-australians-get-wrong-about-asylum-seekers

Dear Foxy,

I would love to know the numbers, from one year to another, of refugee applications being filed. With 68 million refugees and displaced people around the world, I can't believe that exactly 27,000 of those 68 million have applied, and no more. I've met ex-refugees who have waited for up to eighteen years, in camps in West and East Africa and Lebanon, and elsewhere.

Most of those genuine refugees would hardly have a pot to make use of, let alone ten thousand dollars, plus air-fare to Indonesia. Of course, many of those trying to circumvent the annual quota by paying (and being able to pay) boat-smugglers are genuinely refugees, in amongst the economic migrants, but they shouldn't have any superior claims to all those poor buggers in desert camps in Africa and the Middle East.

Love,

Joe