John S wrote on Aug 10
th, 2010 at 1:31pm:
Abbott is going to stop the boats with asylum seekers on them by sending the boats to Nauru.
Can any of you Liberals tell us what Abbott is going to do with the asylum seekers that are on the boats once they have been process, will he let them into Australia as refugees.
If he does let asylum seekers in as refugees would it not be cheaper to process them in Australia instead of giving money to Nauru.
It looks like to me that Abbott is trying to play the race card like Howard did
It's really not much of a race card is it.
Even John Howards government in the year he sent the smugglers out of business took in 13,000 migrants and refugees who came to Australia via plane and a legal visa.
That was the year Howards policy reduced the smugglers to three boats in a year.
No, that's a very poor race card.
In fact, this really has nothing to do with race.
And everything to do with the government not supporting the criminal enterprises of foreign gangs.
Whether it's smuggling people who have lived and worked in Indonesia for five years who now claim they are fleeing from 'persecution' in a third country, or smuggling sex slaves, or smuggling drugs is all the same.
They are all illegal activities, and the government has a duty to stop these activities when they occur.
When Nauru becomes a UN signatory to the Refugee Convention, these economic refugees will be sorted and repatiated by the UN, and they will get in the line with all those behind razor wire in Africa waithing for a new home.
And as for processing them in Australia, we have already done that merry dance, and learnt the lessons.
Overseas processing is the best and cheapest option.
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