Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two months

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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby Roxy the Rat Girl » Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:13 pm

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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby dedja » Sat Mar 29, 2014 10:36 am

Abbott and Morrison holding a back slapping presser on asylum seeker arrivals.

Boat arrivals allegedly 0, planes ... oh, hang on
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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby Q. » Sat Mar 29, 2014 10:45 am

Gee they really did stop the boats... What will we do with those empty detention centres?
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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby bennymacca » Sat Mar 29, 2014 11:18 am

Q. wrote:Gee they really did stop the boats... What will we do with those empty detention centres?


yep, exactly. they havent stopped the boats coming at all, they just forcibly turn them back to indonesia. so they have failed in their mission.

will be interesting to see what happens in our winter when the weather up there is calmer and there are traditionally more boats coming
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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby The Sleeping Giant » Sat Mar 29, 2014 11:20 am

Keep turning them back.
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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby bennymacca » Sat Mar 29, 2014 11:21 am

The Sleeping Giant wrote:Keep turning them back.

what problem does that solve, except for shifting the problem to someone else?
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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby The Sleeping Giant » Sat Mar 29, 2014 11:23 am

Indonesia should do their part to stop it also.
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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby Roxy the Rat Girl » Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:55 pm

The Sleeping Giant wrote:Indonesia should do their part to stop it also.


what if Indonesia turned back the boats that had been turned back?
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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby The Sleeping Giant » Sat Mar 29, 2014 1:41 pm

Bit strange if they turned back Indonesian boats.
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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby bennymacca » Sat Mar 29, 2014 2:19 pm

The Sleeping Giant wrote:Bit strange if they turned back Indonesian boats.


you mean the australian lifeboats?
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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby The Sleeping Giant » Sat Mar 29, 2014 2:38 pm

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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby cracka » Sat Mar 29, 2014 3:06 pm

The Sleeping Giant wrote:Indonesia should do their part to stop it also.

Absolutely. Still don't understand why we give them $500 million a year & they refuse to help with this.
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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby Roxy the Rat Girl » Sat Mar 29, 2014 8:31 pm

bennymacca wrote:
The Sleeping Giant wrote:Bit strange if they turned back Indonesian boats.


you mean the australian lifeboats?


Yes, What if Indonesia turned them back?
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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby shoe boy » Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:16 am

Cambodia!!!
Why not Antarctica we have plenty of room there Tony!
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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby Jimmy_041 » Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:37 am

shoe boy wrote:Cambodia!!!
Why not Antarctica we have plenty of room there Tony!


You want him to bring in "Migrationchoices"
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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby Grahaml » Tue Apr 08, 2014 12:47 pm

bennymacca wrote:
Q. wrote:Gee they really did stop the boats... What will we do with those empty detention centres?


yep, exactly. they havent stopped the boats coming at all, they just forcibly turn them back to indonesia. so they have failed in their mission.

will be interesting to see what happens in our winter when the weather up there is calmer and there are traditionally more boats coming


Lol. You don't even understand the issue do you? The issue isn't with refugees, it's the manner they arrive here. With the boats, the big reason to stop them is two fold. Firstly because we don't want to encourage queue jumping. They can stay in Indonesia and apply to come to Australia like everyone else in the world who wants to come here. Secondly it's a mighty dangerous way to travel. People in Indonesia will have known before we did that boats were no longer arriving, so what incentive is there to do it? The Government has absolutely done a bang up job on this issue and unless you're a died in the wool Labor barracker you'd understand that.
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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby bennymacca » Tue Apr 08, 2014 12:59 pm

Grahaml wrote:Firstly because we don't want to encourage queue jumping.


if you had read anything in this thread, you would know that there is no such "queue" you are talking about.

Grahaml wrote:They can stay in Indonesia and apply to come to Australia like everyone else in the world who wants to come here.


also not an option, given indonesia is not a signatory to the UN refugee convention, they have no obligation to any asylum seekers, and will not help any of them. they are not allowed to work or have access to any sort of services including healthcare.
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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby bennymacca » Tue Apr 08, 2014 1:00 pm

Grahaml wrote:and unless you're a died in the wool Labor barracker you'd understand that.


well you obviously havent read anything i have written in this thread, because i am equally pissed off with labor's policy on this issue, and they are as bad as one another.
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Re: Navy intercepts seventh boat of asylum-seekers in two mo

Postby bulldogproud2 » Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:59 pm

Have tried to stay away from the Politics forum lately as I tend to have my blood boil when I read some comments on here (and I have a feeling that mine would have the same effect on other people).
However, I am not sure why Abbott is madly looking around for other countries to host asylum seekers if no asylum seekers are coming anymore. It just doesn't seem to make sense to me. Or, is he actually anticipating a whole lot more asylum seekers coming, knowing that his 'turn back the boat' policy will not work once the weather is improved and they are out of typhoon season.
Even if it is working, it really just means that Australia are expecting the rest of the world to comply with human rights legislation whilst we don't. It is just shifting the problem to another country. The number of asylum seekers in the world won't decline just because Australia refuses to do its part. It really is a terrible stand by the Australian government.

I agree totally with Bennymacca btw that the Labor Party's policy is just as bad as the Liberal Party's. Both of them make me want to cry at times, with the lack of compassion they are showing.
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