Independent MP Kerry’s Phelps has wrongly claimed the boat people in offshore detention “are trapped indefinitely on Manus Island and Nauru”. This is wrong. They’re free to leave any time they wish, with taxpayers footing the bill to fly them home or to resettle them elsewhere. The ONLY reason they’re still in detention is because they choose to be!

Funny that thousands stay there because you think they want to!!

Moron!

>:(

Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12^th, 2019 at 1:31pm:

his is wrong. They’re free to leave any time they wish, with taxpayers footing the bill to fly them home or to resettle them elsewhere.

So since they can't come here and they can't go to their home country, they're free to go to New Zealand? :D :D

Armpit, like so many others on here, fails to understand the concept of seeking asylum.

John Smith wrote on Feb 12^th, 2019 at 2:02pm:

Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 1:31pm: his is wrong. They’re free to leave any time they wish, with taxpayers footing the bill to fly them home or to resettle them elsewhere. So since they can't come here and they can't go to their home country, they're free to go to New Zealand? :D :D

The Coalition rejected that offer....Anything to offer innocent people hope is something the Coalition cannot make political capitol on!!!

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Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12^th, 2019 at 1:31pm:

Independent MP Kerry’s Phelps has wrongly claimed the boat people in offshore detention “are trapped indefinitely on Manus Island and Nauru”. This is wrong. They’re free to leave any time they wish, with taxpayers footing the bill to fly them home or to resettle them elsewhere. The ONLY reason they’re still in detention is because they choose to be!

Yep

but look, the paid to posts are already here

Fly them home

OR -- give them one of those leaky boats we still have rotting away somewhere

PZ547 wrote on Feb 12^th, 2019 at 2:58pm:

Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 1:31pm: Independent MP Kerry’s Phelps has wrongly claimed the boat people in offshore detention “are trapped indefinitely on Manus Island and Nauru”. This is wrong. They’re free to leave any time they wish, with taxpayers footing the bill to fly them home or to resettle them elsewhere. The ONLY reason they’re still in detention is because they choose to be! Yep but look, the paid to posts are already here Fly them home OR -- give them one of those leaky boats we still have rotting away somewhere

Another one who doesn't understand the concept of seeking asylum.

Oh dear   ::)

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 12^th, 2019 at 3:04pm:

PZ547 wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 2:58pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 1:31pm: Independent MP Kerry’s Phelps has wrongly claimed the boat people in offshore detention “are trapped indefinitely on Manus Island and Nauru”. This is wrong. They’re free to leave any time they wish, with taxpayers footing the bill to fly them home or to resettle them elsewhere. The ONLY reason they’re still in detention is because they choose to be! Yep but look, the paid to posts are already here Fly them home OR -- give them one of those leaky boats we still have rotting away somewhere Another one who doesn't understand the concept of seeking asylum. Oh dear   ::)

I'm not seeking asylum   :P

PZ547 wrote on Feb 12^th, 2019 at 3:15pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 3:04pm: PZ547 wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 2:58pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 1:31pm: Independent MP Kerry’s Phelps has wrongly claimed the boat people in offshore detention “are trapped indefinitely on Manus Island and Nauru”. This is wrong. They’re free to leave any time they wish, with taxpayers footing the bill to fly them home or to resettle them elsewhere. The ONLY reason they’re still in detention is because they choose to be! Yep but look, the paid to posts are already here Fly them home OR -- give them one of those leaky boats we still have rotting away somewhere Another one who doesn't understand the concept of seeking asylum. Oh dear   ::) I'm not seeking asylum   :P

If you were, you wouldn't want to be flying home.

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 12^th, 2019 at 3:04pm:

PZ547 wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 2:58pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 1:31pm: Independent MP Kerry’s Phelps has wrongly claimed the boat people in offshore detention “are trapped indefinitely on Manus Island and Nauru”. This is wrong. They’re free to leave any time they wish, with taxpayers footing the bill to fly them home or to resettle them elsewhere. The ONLY reason they’re still in detention is because they choose to be! Yep but look, the paid to posts are already here Fly them home OR -- give them one of those leaky boats we still have rotting away somewhere Another one who doesn't understand the concept of seeking asylum. Oh dear   ::)

I posted a map the other day showing signatories to the refugee convention and that clearly shows Australia is not the first place these people could have claimed asylum.

Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12^th, 2019 at 5:22pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 3:04pm: PZ547 wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 2:58pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 1:31pm: Independent MP Kerry’s Phelps has wrongly claimed the boat people in offshore detention “are trapped indefinitely on Manus Island and Nauru”. This is wrong. They’re free to leave any time they wish, with taxpayers footing the bill to fly them home or to resettle them elsewhere. The ONLY reason they’re still in detention is because they choose to be! Yep but look, the paid to posts are already here Fly them home OR -- give them one of those leaky boats we still have rotting away somewhere Another one who doesn't understand the concept of seeking asylum. Oh dear   ::) I posted a map the other day showing signatories to the refugee convention and that clearly shows Australia is not the first place these people could have claimed asylum.

Irrelevant.

They can claim wherever they like.

Quote:

I posted a map the other day showing signatories to the refugee convention and that clearly shows Australia is not the first place these people could have claimed asylum.

1.  List them.
2.  Then explain how, on what part of their journey, they ended up in any of those jurisdictions.

PZ547 wrote on Feb 12^th, 2019 at 3:15pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 3:04pm: PZ547 wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 2:58pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 1:31pm: Independent MP Kerry’s Phelps has wrongly claimed the boat people in offshore detention “are trapped indefinitely on Manus Island and Nauru”. This is wrong. They’re free to leave any time they wish, with taxpayers footing the bill to fly them home or to resettle them elsewhere. The ONLY reason they’re still in detention is because they choose to be! Yep but look, the paid to posts are already here Fly them home OR -- give them one of those leaky boats we still have rotting away somewhere Another one who doesn't understand the concept of seeking asylum. Oh dear   ::) I'm not seeking asylum   :P

I thought you were being sarcastic to show the point in the opposite way... you have to be careful using subtlety with some of the intellectual autists here.... they are only capable of taking things literally - and often do so in order to retain 'the high moral ground' of Invented Outrage....

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 12^th, 2019 at 5:23pm:

Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 5:22pm: greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 3:04pm: PZ547 wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 2:58pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 1:31pm: Independent MP Kerry’s Phelps has wrongly claimed the boat people in offshore detention “are trapped indefinitely on Manus Island and Nauru”. This is wrong. They’re free to leave any time they wish, with taxpayers footing the bill to fly them home or to resettle them elsewhere. The ONLY reason they’re still in detention is because they choose to be! Yep but look, the paid to posts are already here Fly them home OR -- give them one of those leaky boats we still have rotting away somewhere Another one who doesn't understand the concept of seeking asylum. Oh dear   ::) I posted a map the other day showing signatories to the refugee convention and that clearly shows Australia is not the first place these people could have claimed asylum. Irrelevant. They can claim wherever they like.

Oh how wrong you are. A person seeking asylum can have their claim declared null and void if they’re found to have bypassed or passed through a country that is a UNHCR refugee signatory. Look it up on the UNHCR site if you don’t believe me.

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 12^th, 2019 at 5:23pm:

Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 5:22pm: greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 3:04pm: PZ547 wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 2:58pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 1:31pm: Independent MP Kerry’s Phelps has wrongly claimed the boat people in offshore detention “are trapped indefinitely on Manus Island and Nauru”. This is wrong. They’re free to leave any time they wish, with taxpayers footing the bill to fly them home or to resettle them elsewhere. The ONLY reason they’re still in detention is because they choose to be! Yep but look, the paid to posts are already here Fly them home OR -- give them one of those leaky boats we still have rotting away somewhere Another one who doesn't understand the concept of seeking asylum. Oh dear   ::) I posted a map the other day showing signatories to the refugee convention and that clearly shows Australia is not the first place these people could have claimed asylum. Irrelevant. They can claim wherever they like.

No, they can't.

And that you imagine that they can or should be able to is the big problem with your idiocy, turd.

Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12^th, 2019 at 10:11pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 5:23pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 5:22pm: greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 3:04pm: PZ547 wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 2:58pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 12th, 2019 at 1:31pm: Independent MP Kerry’s Phelps has wrongly claimed the boat people in offshore detention “are trapped indefinitely on Manus Island and Nauru”. This is wrong. They’re free to leave any time they wish, with taxpayers footing the bill to fly them home or to resettle them elsewhere. The ONLY reason they’re still in detention is because they choose to be! Yep but look, the paid to posts are already here Fly them home OR -- give them one of those leaky boats we still have rotting away somewhere Another one who doesn't understand the concept of seeking asylum. Oh dear   ::) I posted a map the other day showing signatories to the refugee convention and that clearly shows Australia is not the first place these people could have claimed asylum. Irrelevant. They can claim wherever they like. Oh how wrong you are. A person seeking asylum can have their claim declared null and void if they’re found to have bypassed or passed through a country that is a UNHCR refugee signatory. Look it up on the UNHCR site if you don’t believe me.

Really....I don't believe you!!!

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https://fullfact.org/immigration/refugees-first-safe-country/