We should use refugee week to reassess our refugee intake because we are taking far too many of the legal ones and being dictated to by the UN.
Sure we have stopped the boat arrivals but many are still arriving by plane as tourists and then seeking asylum, and while being assessed they are free to do as they like. Not good enough!

Not only should we look at their health and criminal record but also their culture. Those groups that have shown that they, or their off spring, have a poor record of integrating and have caused us trouble should be classed as ineligible. We do not need to import those that will not be part of our society.

We should only allow those migrants and refugees that will be of benefit to our community.

Dear HenryL.,

Unless we are Indigenous we are all immigrants.
But it seems that we're suffering from a cultural amnesia.
We've managed to create a strong sense of patriotism
around a country that was never ours in the first
place, whilst simultaneously excluding those who wish for
freedom in a new land:

"For those who've come across the seas
We've boundless plains to share
With courage let us all combine
To Advance Australia Fair."

We pay lip service to words of inclusion without
living their reality. We say that Australia has plenty to
offer those who wish to come here but in reality we lock
down our borders to exclude refugees.

We embrace the perception that we are warm and welcoming,
happy to give anyone a "fair go." Yet somewhere along the
way this narrative became justification for exclusion.
We have become so entrenched in the self serving
narrative that we believe there is no room for others.

Where pnce we celebrated inclusion and mateship we now have
collectively turned our backs on people seeking asylum by
boat.

Our thoughts are - white Australians are good-hearted.
Refugees are devious. We are hard-working, refugees have
come to steal our jobs. Where we are seeking the
betterment of the future for our children, refugees
have come to destroy it through acts of terror.

The caricatures of asylum seekers are shocking in their
cliches, yet they are deeply entrenched in our culture.

The political strategy of manipulating our cultural narrative
to distance asylum seekers has been employed to full
effect in recent years, allowing conservative parties
to work fear, terror, economic decline, and impinging
multiculturalism to their advantage.

The mistrust of refugees has been a key agenda for
conservative governments which has received
bi-partisan support of the mistreatment of refugees.

However public opinion appears to be slowly changing to
the positive. Peter Dutton in his interview on Sunday
morning in his interview on the "Insiders," said that
they were looking into the re-settlement of the
refugees in indefinite detention on Manus and Nauru.
Both in the US and New Zealand.

Hi HenryL,

I'll give you a case study, and you can tell me if these are the sorts of people who fit your mould. Morris and Teddy two Ugandan citizens, fled Uganda in 2017 under threat of assassination, leaving behind five children aged from 9 months to 10 years old, in the care of relatives. They left in the middle of the night and crossed over into Kenya by bribing boarder guards. A few days later they were on a plane bound for Sydney, when they landed, they booked into a hotel and immediately contacted immigration seeking asylum. They were put in contact with a Salvation Army representative, who agreed to assist with their case. The Salvos put them in contact with their legal firm which provides free legal assistance for both humanitarian cases and for other disadvantaged people. Morris and Teddy are provided with accommodation by the Salvos, and other assistance while their case is being delt with. The couple are hoping to get permanent residency in Australia, but at the moment they can only do practical voluntary work (which is permitted by their visa) everyday helping many others through the Salvation Army's care programs.

Teddy cries daily for her children back in Uganda, whom sadly they only have irregular contact with. The couples thoughts on Australia, Morris says Australia is "Heaven on Earth" and Teddy calls it "The promised land". Adrian Kistan, General Manager of Cultural Diversity for the Salvos said of Morris and Teddy; "Like thousands of others they have come to Australia seeking refuge, safety and opportunity, but in return they give of themselves wholeheartedly to make this nation a better place. They are not takers, they are contributors"

A few days later they were on a plane bound for Sydney, when they landed,
Paul1405,
When did they apply for the travel Visa to Australia ? That normally takes ages & proof of ability to finance the visit must also be up front. So, how do such people even get onto a plane to Australia ?

Let us think this out, show me how this country can stop refugees/migrants, then the implications of doing it
Think about 200 years in the future, will the world be one ? if so is that bad?
Ending, [because it would no longer work] racism
How can those of us who are from backgrounds other than here, strill call for and end to both types of new arrivals
When will we address overpopulation? it exists now

Indy,

I gave you the facts as presented to me. If you have questions/concerns then I suggest you contact edward.conteh@aue.salvationarmy.org and they could possibly give you the information you require. Can't be fairer than that.