Unfortunately we are not protecting the persecuted who cannot flee.

According to the 2019 World Watch List, 3,731 Christians in Nigeria were killed for their faith in one year. That’s almost twice the number from the previous year. Villages were completely abandoned as Christians were forced to flee the violence of Islamic extremist groups. Many lost their lives during the attacks. Others lost everything they had.

Though it is a Muslim-majority country, Burkina Faso had previously been known for its relatively peaceful coexistence between different religious and ethnic groups.
Now, increasing violence by Islamic extremists has left hundreds dead and displaced almost 100,000 since the beginning of 2019. Over 200 churches have been closed to avoid further attacks. Sunday worship services are discouraged in most rural areas.
Though persecution is common in neighbouring countries, such as Mali, no one was prepared for the scale and speed of the deterioration in security in Burkina Faso.

How can you celebrate when thousands are being murdered around the World. There are 47 countries currently murdering Christians. The report I posted is just one country

HenryL.,

Australia's signature on 22 June 1954 brought into
force the 1951 UN Refugee Convention relating to
the status of Refugees. It is now time for Australia
to take again the lead by pressing for a review of the
1951 Convention and the international protection system
of which it is a cornerstone.

While the Convention itself has, by and large, stood
the test of time, its implementation is failing.
Failing Australian national interests, the interests of
the wider community and the interests of refugees
themselves.

Australia has already demonstrated its impatience with
the status quo. Off shore processing as currently enacted by
the Australian government may have served its national
interests but is still in violation of the Convention to which
Australia is a signatory.

Australia's stance may be working short term, but it is
damaging Australia's international reputation.
The government needs to look beyond its current policies
and lead an international debate on reforming the
protection system.

We have to remember that the Refugee Convention is a
legal document and there are currently 144 State Parties
to the Convention, 145 to the Protocols, and 142 to both.

Trade, travel, telecommunications, have all made the
nations of the modern world more interdependent than ever
before.

I don't know where his stupid idea that we are all migrants comes from - out of depths of the murky Leftist vault, perhaps. The only immigrants in Australia are those people who were born overseas. If Ranjit Sing was born here, he is no more a migrant than Ernie Dingo or I are. If at least one of his parents is an Australian citizen or a permanent resident, Ranjit qualifies automatically as a citizen. If neither parent is a citizen or a permanent resident, he can not be a citizen; but neither is he a migrant. A little bit of reading and common sense would go a long way to cut out the crap that is espoused here by ideologically-driven posters.

"Australia's refugee policy is out of step with
global standards and breaks international law."

Which "law" would that be, I wonder? Can we see the exact wording of that law? Not just hear say from some obscure academic. If there is such a law, why hasn't Australia been taken to court by any number of countries and individuals who are constantly criticising Australia? Why hasn't the United Nations, always ready to bad-mouth our policies, done it?

Australia is certainly out of step with European countries who have violated the wishes of their citizens in a wholly tyrannical way. And a jolly good thing that is, most Australians would say - even those who support an orderly intake of processed refugees.

But, to claim that any globalist body can or would attempt to overrule any country's sovereign right to protect its borders and to decide who may live within those borders seems to be a bit of a stretch, even these times of Western cultural suicide

HenryL, immigration expert, I extend the same invitation to you as I did Indy, email the person I provided to fact check if you will. Until then you simply make assumptions and that's all you are doing. Are these people suitable to you or not as future Australians.

Josephus, //3,731 Christians in Nigeria were killed for their faith in one year.// No one should ever suffer because of their religion, political leaning or racial background. I understand you to be a practising Christian, although I challenge many of your views that you post, particularly towards Muslims. Having said that it would not surprise me if your particular church, like many others, is not involved with refugees in some way. I commend the churches for that.

ttbn, you are a intolerant 'B', telling me to po to New Zealand. I don't know where an old Nazi like you should be, but in Australia will do for the time being.

AN INVITATION TO ALL,

Particularly to the hard right nationalist among our little OLO community. Something that has always intrigued me, someone alluded to it earlier, I'll call it "AUSSISM". Exactly what is the criteria to be a true Australian. No one has ever been able to my satisfaction, defined what I call Aussism. The reason I ask is many want to exclude all those they see as not fitting the bill. If someone could define the meaning of being a true Australian then we could apply a "test" to find immigrants that at least have the potential to receive the grace of Aussism one day and become dinky-di in the future.