Have you met any Refugee's

[margomeoz]

If so have you became friends with them?

[polocross58]

Have you met any refugees ?

Most certainly

Have you become friends with them

Again, certainly have

[punch*drunk]

I assume most  have met a refugee without realising it.  how do you tell?

I wondered the same thing, how would people know, especially if they didnt make friends with them?

I had to think about it for a while but then remembered a neighbor I have known nearly my whole life was a refugee from Hundary after the war.

I did once rent a house to a Sudanese family but I dont know how you'd know if they were refugees or not?

I may have met others, but I'm not sure, probably because I didnt make friends with them. Its not really the kind of thing you discover about someone until you are friends is it?

[punch*drunk]

The man who used to own the shopping centre I worked at supposedly came here as a refugee after the war and made squillions of dollars....I met him but I didnt make friends with him....should I have?

[margomeoz]

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@mugssy65 wrote:
Why do you ask? Have you not?

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Yes mugssy I have met and became friends with many of them, from all different backgrounds some came by plane some came by boat all great friends.

A lot of my friends were illegal when the Bosnian War was on they are legal now.

Some of them have returned home, but all had a need to leave their country during the war.

Guess I just can't understand why so many fight to not let them come here.

[polocross58]

Maybe refugees' origins and past history has something to do with the caution expressed by many ?

Australia is filled with refugees and the vast majority are great citizens and neighbours.  You rarely if ever see them in the headlines for violent or any crime.  They have continued to live decent and worthwhile lives here in Oz as they did in their country of origin

Some refugees however are frequently in the headlines for violent and other crimes and demonstrate scant if any respect for Australian law, Australian culture, or the host population

We don't buy everything we see in the stores

We are entitled to be similarly selective when it comes to accepting refugees

[**meep**]

I agree Margo, I think the intake number should be increased, but to what?  Considering Australia resettles more refugees than most other countries (per capita)    Why is three such a small number of countries participating in the resettlement program?   From what I remember, the number is ridiculously low.   Shame.

[j*oono]

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@**meep** wrote:

I'm sorry Margo but I find that question strange, funny even.   Refugees are are normal people, just from different countries.  

To me, its like asking, have you met somone from another planet and become friends with them.   Now, that would be worth asking IMO.

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I might be wrong Meep but I kind of think that was Margo's point.

[**meep**]

in that case, i completely missed it, probably because the concept is foreign to me, if i may use that expression.

[polocross58]

A governmental study conducted several years ago concluded the maximum number which could be sustained by Australia was 13 million

This took into account arable land, water and other resources

As it stands, Australia is pushing 23 million

When I hear people touting increased immigration online, I'm reminded of warnings about people who actually accept money for posting online and they don't care what they post, nor do they have any loyalties to Australia.  All about the money, it's said - that and the orchestrated destruction of Australian society

It's further said that those who post for payment are members of a particular group with a vested interest in forcing 'multiculturalism' upon societies, despite 'multiculturalism'  is as proven a fake, hoax and farce as is 'climate change-global warming'

The same nefarious group is said to be behind the propaganda

Many people point to a place in the mid-east as being responsible

despite those from that place in the mid-east are the most racist of all groups and are constantly active in the genocide of the area's original inhabitants -- as well as refusing to accept anyone of colour, or of different religion, even to the point of refusing to accept blood donations from members of that same religion if the donor is coloured

Makes you think, doesn't it ?

[cherry*135]

What is Australia's current intake of refugee's It was 20 000? Is that going to be increased or decreased by Abbott?