greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 17
th, 2014 at 10:55am:
So, if "illegals" is the correct term to use, I'm sure you will tell us all exactly what Section of what Act says that it is illegal to seek asylum.
Well, if it helps Gregg, here's s14 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth):
(1) A non-citizen in the migration zone who is not a lawful non-citizen is an
unlawful non-citizen.
lawful non citizen is defined in s13 as
(1) A non-citizen in the migration zone who holds a visa that is in effect is a lawful non-citizen.
So, while no penalties (other than liability to detention and deportation) are imposed, such immigrants would prima facie be
unlawful non-citizens .
Now, "unlawful" is quite close in meaning to "illegal". Would you prefer we called them unlawful immigrants? What's your problem?