Boat arrivals

[*crikey*mate*]

Have any unauthorized boats carrying people with the intent to seek asylum in Australia arrived in the past few weeks?

[izabsmiling]

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@crikey*mate wrote:

What does any of this have to do with the question in the OP asking if we had had any boat arrivals recently?

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It's a matter of getting to the truth 

[izabsmiling]

Boat turnbacks may breach international law: UNHCR

UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said at a press briefing in Geneva they "would be concerned by any policy or practice pushing back asylum-seeker boats at sea without a proper consideration of individual needs for protection".

"Any such approach would raise significant issues and potentially place Australia in breach of its obligations under the Refugee Convention and other international law obligations," said Mr Edwards.

"As past experience has shown, such practices are also operationally difficult and potentially dangerous for all concerned."

The government received a request for a briefing from the UNHCR on Friday and it will be raised with the Minister for Immigration Scott Morrison on Monday.

The comments come after media reports that up to five boats had been pushed back including one on New Year's Day. Asylum seekers on board told Fairfax Media they had been towed for several days before being dumped in Indonesian waters.

The government has refused to comment on the push-backs including the claims that the latest boat was towed by a navy vessel. However, the defence force has denied claims from the asylum seekers on board that boat, that they were mistreated.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/boat-turnbacks-may-breach-international-law-un...

if may not be correct of our Government to tell us that no boats had arrived you see ?

[silverfaun]

Zero boat arrivals this month! so there it is, that's the stats, but this good news is NOT what the labs want to hear, no, they want to know the minutia of every detail? what for? they were hoping PM Abbott would fail.

They didn't care if more people drowned, no, they want PM Abbott's blood. 

[just_me_karen]

Zero boats reported this month...there's the difference.

There are other places to land apart from the usual.

[*crikey*mate*]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

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@crikey*mate wrote:

What does any of this have to do with the question in the OP asking if we had had any boat arrivals recently?

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It's a matter of getting to the truth 

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what truth? if we have had any boat arrivals recently?

That's all I asked.

[izabsmiling]

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@crikey*mate wrote:

Have any unauthorized boats carrying people with the intent to seek asylum in Australia arrived in the past few weeks?

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if we have pushed them back or towed them back during that time 

the answer is Yes

[izabsmiling]

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@silverfaun wrote:

Zero boat arrivals this month! so there it is, that's the stats, but this good news is NOT what the labs want to hear, no, they want to know the minutia of every detail? what for? they were hoping PM Abbott would fail.

They didn't care if more people drowned, no, they want PM Abbott's blood. 

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BREAKING: @TonyAbbottMHR has RUN from the AFL grand final breakfast & refused to answer questions about the latest asylum seeker deaths

10:09 AM - 28 Sep 2013

[soul_art]

Huh?

[izabsmiling]

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@soul_art wrote:

Huh?

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there has been and is too much hiding 

[soul_art]

Soooo, someone ran away and hid in Sept 2013 and they're still hiding?

or is it someone else who's hiding?

Who is it?

Where are they hiding?

Why are they hiding?

Shouldn't there be a national manhunt out looking for someone who has been hiding for so long?

So many questions.....