Uncle Meat wrote on May 8
th, 2012 at 1:06pm:
BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on May 8
th, 2012 at 12:42pm:
Good twist of words by leftists, They are illegal immigrants, ...
No twist of words, just facts.
Boat people are
not illegal immigrants.
Read this carefully, and then let me know which bit you don't understand:
"There is no offence under Australian law that criminalises the act of arriving in Australia or the seeking of asylum without a valid visa."http://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/library/pubs/bn/sp/asylumfacts.pdf Maybe you should read your fact sheet
and you will find it is not a legal document and also find its full of personal views from a leftist point of view. for example.
Quote:Are asylum seekers ‘illegals’?
Generally speaking ‘illegal immigrants’ are people who enter a country without meeting the legal requirements for entry (without a valid visa, for example). However, under Article 14 of the 1948 Universal declaration of human rights, everyone has the right to seek asylum and the 1951 Refugee Convention prohibits states from imposing penalties on those entering ‘illegally’ who come directly from a territory where their life or freedom is threatened.7
The UNHCR emphasises that a person who has a well‐founded fear of persecution should be viewed as a refugee and not be labelled an ‘illegal immigrant’ as the very nature of persecution means that
not 'are to be viewed'
not 'will be viewed'
in other words this is nothing more then a background Note as stated at the top of the page and is very misleading.
And i love how it started off with
Generally speaking as to undermine that fact that entering a country without meeting the legal requirements for entry is illegal.