Coalition to Deny Asylum Seekers Government Help to Navigate Migration Process

[icyfroth]

A Coalition government will harshen its stance against asylum seekers even further, denying those who arrive by boat the right to free government advice and help with lodging appeals.

The Coalition's scrapping of taxpayer-funded assistance for asylum seekers, to be announced on Saturday by opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison, will save the budget about $100 million over the next four years.

Even under the harsh border protection policies of former prime minister John Howard, such protections existed for asylum seekers, but Mr Morrison said they had gotten ''out of hand'' with the ''deluge of boats'' under Labor.

An Abbott government would not prevent refugee advocates from giving free legal advice to asylum seekers, but taxpayers would no longer be paying for it, Mr Morrison said.

''This level of support is not provided to those who currently legally arrive in Australia,'' Mr Morrison said. ''They have to pay for it themselves.''

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Oooh Waaah!

That's going to put the cat amongst the pigeons.

[*crikey*mate*]

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@freakiness wrote:

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@crikey*mate wrote:

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@freakiness wrote:

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@paintsew007 wrote:

I am sick to death of TA's MANTRA......"we will stop the 'boawts'....".

The 'boawts' are not the main problem to be addressed.

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He sure likes to add the w to words  😄

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That's because the words WIN, WINNING and WINNER starts with a W.....

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Well No, he adds it to the other end of his words.

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 I don't recall ever hearing Mr Abbott speak, so I have no idea of his inflections with words. I was just playing on the w he apparently uses in the middle of the word boat. As I have said, I am really not into politics, but I do have a special interest in assylum seekers and refugees, so my focus is on the policies and hoops surrounding them, not on whose policies they are. So when I comment on something that does have a political nature, it is not in support or dissent of whose policy it is, just the actual policy and the reasons surrounding it.

I was attempting to be funny with my W comment......

Spoiler

Yes, I know I need to work on my delivery

[izabsmiling]

It isn't a crime to seek Asylum....even in the event that refugee status is denied. 

[*crikey*mate*]

I understand that. The distinction is in what qualifies a person to seek assylum.

For example, a person in some of the Refugee camps in Thailand are now safe. They have gotten away from their millitant burmese government and their lives are no longer in danger. No, their lives are not ideal, and the conditions in which they live are pretty incomprehensible, especially to us, but their lives are not in danger, so if any of those people chose to seek assylum, they would be doing so illegally.

[izabsmiling]

anyone can seek Asylum if they need to ...even if rejected ...they still genuinely sought Asylum/were genuine Asylum seekers ...did not break any laws.There is no such thing as real/fake Asylum seekers.

[*crikey*mate*]

I'll think about what you are saying - tomorrow, ok?

For now it is Father's Day and my OH just got home from work - so I'm starting to think about his present

*cheeky grin*

Good Night

[**meep**]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

anyone can seek Asylum if they need to ...even if rejected ...they still genuinely sought Asylum/were genuine Asylum seekers ...did not break any laws.There is no such thing as real/fake Asylum seekers.

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Of course there are fake asylum seekers.  There are people who are aware they would not be granted asylum but they will attempt to seek it anyway.  If you do some research, you will find reports presented by The European Commission specifically addressing fake asylum seekers issue.  How to stop it.

[izabsmiling]

They are still Asylum 'Seekers' aren't they ? 

Isn't it around or under 10% which aren't officially granted asylum (found to be/or not able to prove to be in need of the Asylum they are seeking)  once their Asylum Seeker claims are processed ?