Boat people are not refugees

[lightningdance]

At last it has been admitted what many of us have known for years. illegal boat immigrants are not refugees, they are economic refugees.

Bob Carr admitted this on Lateline with Tony Jones.

He also admitted that the immigration dept dealing with this massive influx has been staffed with people who are not competent & are pro immigrant in all forms.

We are seeing over 100 people a day arriving, Labor has totally lost control of the situation & we are facing an influx of illegal immigrants who are criminally invading us at will.

45.000 people are here in the community & detention with 100 a day arriving non stop.

This failure alone is an indictment on Rudd & further indictment on Gillard & Labor who have lied to us for 6 years & now they expect us to vote them back in.

[azureline**]

Saying he "believes" it does make it so......

[izabsmiling]

are economic refugees not refugees ?

[lightningdance]

Traditionally, a refugee is someone who is granted asylum in a foreign
country because of life-threatening political or religious prosecution,
in his or her home country.

Since most countries have border controls
and restrict who may enter, work and reside there, a person cannot
simply move to the country of his or her choice, but must either be
granted permission by the government or try to enter and live in the
country, without adversely coming into contact with the law.

[lakeland27]

what are they then ? boating enthusiasts ? ' we crossed the timor sea in a leaky boat for sport' they are just budget thrillseekers ay..

[izabsmiling]

they can be in a Country where they face persecution/prosecution AND starvation ? 

saying they are not refugees but economic refugees doesn't make sense ....not the word Refugee

[izabsmiling]

they just want a meal perhaps LL ?

[lakeland27]

they just want a meal perhaps LL ?

we used to drive from adelaide to melbourne to buy a hamburger in my teens, maybe its like that.. just a larger scale ..

[izabsmiling]

we used to drive from adelaide to melbourne to buy a hamburger in my teens, maybe its like that.. just a larger scale ..

maybe if you couldn't buy/find any food in Adelaide 

and 

your car had no brakes

[lakeland27]

in those days you had a choice, the petrol stations at darlington, or 'La Belle' nightclub in hindley st 🙂