The word is out that the government is weak. What do we do?
Our inhumane is their indifference.
The numbers of refugees may mean little to their country of origin, but to our relatively small population, it means masses.

Obviously we are already paying Indonesia big bucks to be humane, and without our dollars I have no doubt that they would display much less mercy.
Do we need to be inhumane to uphold our sense of fairness?
In a way, they are terrorists to our idea of fairness, but how would you feel if a boatload of people are turned away and then they become doomed?

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Pfft...really Abu  
Do you know why they want to come here and not to some other pugknuckle nation?
They want to come here because they know that by their standards, they will already be rich just by landing here.
If they enter a third world nation, they will pretty much be left to fend for themselves. It's not a drain on their nations, however, to Australia they make us compromise a lot....as do muslims of course  

Muslim religion and so called Jihad was designed to conquer and convert others (Infidels). To achieve this goal Muslim women are reduced on nothing else then factories for producing enormous number of children ( Average Muslim family in Australia has 12 children ).
Deliberately with planing, some of them are designed to be a Martyrs like suicide bombers or “Refugees’ sent to conquer other countries without wars and weapons.

In 1974, former Algerian President Houari Boumedienne warned Europe in a speech at the UN : “One day, millions of men will leave the Southern Hemisphere to go to the Northern Hemisphere. And they will not go there as friends. Because they will go there to conquer it. And they will conquer it with their sons. The wombs of our women will give us victory.”

“Soon we will take power in this country. Those who criticize us now, will regret it. They will have to serve us. Prepare, for the hour is near.” — Belgium-based imam in 1994.

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You gotta be kidding?? I never met a family over 5, although I have heard of some with 10, never 12, perhaps they exist though.

islamophobia is a phrase deamed of by leftards, islamics and PC'ers .
it attempts to stifle discussion on the islamic aim, which abu can deflect expertly

No Jai, refugees is the term given to those who are specifically fleeing injustice, war etc. The Arab nations have each accepted close to one million Palestinian refugees, yes some of those nations are richer than us but we are stuck on this planet together and should realize that we all share a common humanity.
Indonesia can take care of its citizens (although not to the same degree as us) but in light of the recent earthquakes it is our duty to offer our support--it does not have to be monetary but we are sending aid. That is humanity.
Many journos have pointed out that they way Rudd is acting is idiotic and in violation of international laws regarding the humane treatment of displaced persons. If we can secure the wellbeing of Australians and still have money to spare then we can use our spare money to help other humans. That is why Howard's approach was better. By securing our borders he made sure we did not violate any international treaties when it came to boat people and by allowing refugees still come to Australia but using the appropriate channels, he demonstarted a humanity that Rudd lacks.
Sprinty, calling refugees Muslim jihadists without any evidence is inherently islamophobic. I merely pointed out that most Sri Lankan refugees are not Muslims and athos's was making propaganda-esque commonets out of thin air.

This latest lot in Indonesia seem very militant if they're talking about hunger strikes and refusing to come ashore.

In my view, they are obviously not just interested in a safe haven. These are economic migrants, but how do you stem the flow of refugees humanely without creating a stir?

Well, they could have a shoot to kill policy on the Captain Bram types who organise people smuggling.    

- or at least make sure that they receive long prison sentences for  having flagrant disregard for their passengers. What they do borders on attempted murder.  

Make life uncomfortable for people smugglers and it might just help.

Thanks Skippy, excellent research.
Plane people are a bigger problem than boat people so why does our govt. like to pick on boat people? It is because the vision of boats on TV reminds us all of the Tampa fiasco and gives the govt. political leverage?

Many plane people just disappear off the radar when their visa expires so perhaps we need to develop a system for keeping a closer eye on all enter our country on visa. Make it law for all non-citizens to present their passport when applying for ANY job perhaps?

Also, I have heard that many plane people are prostitues, paid for and protected by Brothels or rich Aussie men. Perhaps a crackdown on brothels is in order?

These are just my ideas.