bennymacca wrote:Jimmy_041 wrote:The main question I have is WHY are people from Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal coming to Australia?
Do they open an atlas and go: "Gee Australia looks nice - let's go there"
because it is a nice place to live! i would want to come here.
especially when you consider that places like malaysia and indonesia are not signatories to the UN refugee convention, so there is no obligation of these countries to process people that claim asylum, and they quite often have no access to work, healthcare, etc etc in these countries. so its not just that they are looking for the nicest place, but also somewhere that will have them.
Sums up the absurdity of the argument
I dont like where I was born, or live, so I'll pick a nice paradise, travel thousands of miles putting my kids at risk, spend thousands of $$$ to get there and claim refugee status, because I know they're soft.
BTW, I am happy to accept Rwandans who walk a thousand miles to go to the next country to escape genocide.
Big difference!!!!!