NO BOATS ILLEGALS since December 19 2013

[nero_bolt]

NO BOATS or ILLEGALS since December 19 2013

Well done to the Abbott govt 

No people-smuggling venture had succeeded in landing asylum seekers on Australia for more than four months, the government says.

In the latest update on Operation Sovereign Borders, Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday that vigorous border protection activities was deterring illegal boat arrivals, even into the post-monsoon period when weather conditions usually improve.

Mr Morrison said the practice of turning back unauthorised boats remained in effect.

"Anyone seeking to enter Australia illegally by boat will be faced with the same policies those who previously attempted illegal entry met," he said in a statement.

Mr Morrison said no one had reached Australia since December 19 and that continued this month. But 3351 on 47 boats arrived in April 2013 under the former Labor government. (a Labor Failure their border policy) 

The latest Operation Sovereign Borders operational update says there are now 1281 in the processing centre on Manus Island and 1177 on Nauru, making a total of 2458.

Another 1405 remain on Christmas Island. During the last week, eight asylum seekers were transferred to Nauru.

Seven unauthorised maritime arrival transferees were voluntarily returned to Iran.

Since Operation Sovereign Borders started on September 18, 220 asylum seekers have voluntarily returned to their home countries.

[azureline**]

The shrinking thread??

[debra9275]

Hhhhmmmm that is odd!!

[mtnlane]

Fear of hot water perhaps 

[nero_bolt]

Excellent work 

Asylum seeker strategy on family reunion program saves Australia $260 million

MORE than $260 million will be shaved off the federal Budget with the abolition of Labor’s family reunion program for asylum seekers who arrive by boat, The Daily Telegraph has learned.

But the Abbott government will also restore the special humanitarian refugee intake which had collapsed under the Labor government and for the first time guarantee 4000 dedicated places a year for the most vulnerable refugees seeking to flee persecution.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/asylum-seeker-strategy-on-family-reunion-program-save...

[freakiness]

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@spotweldersfriend wrote:
What happened to those 3 people from Irian Jaya (Western Papua) that were intercepted? Were they given asylum or handed over to Indonesian authorities? Anyone know?

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Are they the three that were dumped onto a boat with others and towed in the general direction of Indonesia before being cut loose?

If so they're in detention.

[boris1gary]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/07/asylum-seeker-lifeboats-stripped-of-their-safety-equipm...Asylum seeker lifeboats stripped of their safety equipment

Lives put at risk as ropes, knives and other emergency tools removed and fuel tanks sealed, says customs officer

• Asylum seekers stacked four deep below decks

[nero_bolt]

NO boats still,  this govt is doing what a responsible govt should do and that is PROTECT our borders.

[izabsmiling]

Race to block asylum seekers

EXCLUSIVE NICK BUTTERLY CANBERRA 

The West Australian                                                                    

 *****May 2, 2014, 2:47 am*****

Customs officials were last night racing to intercept an asylum-seeker vessel - the first in Australian waters in more than a month.

_The West Australian _ understands Border Protection Command spotted the boat in remote waters between Java and Ashmore Reef yesterday and sent a patrol boat to pick it up.

It was unclear if Customs would take the boat under escort to Australia or try to turn it back to Indonesia.

Since winning power, the coalition has thrown a veil of secrecy over its border protection efforts.

Though the Government says there has not been a single successful asylum voyage to Australia since December, it has refused to give details of how many boats have come to Australian waters but then been turned back or towed back to Indonesia.

There have been six instances in recent months of asylum seekers arriving back in Indonesia aboard big orange lifeboats, claiming they were bundled aboard the boats and pushed back by the Royal Australian Navy.

The Government has confirmed it bought lifeboats for border security operations, but has refused to say what they are specifically for.

The coalition's clandestine policy of pushing asylum boats back to Indonesia has infuriated Jakarta and led to Australian navy vessels accidentally entering Indonesian waters.

This week it was revealed that the Cambodian Government had agreed "in principle" to house asylum seekers intercepted by Australia.

The plan has been condemned by rights groups and international experts who say Cambodia has a terrible record of human rights.

Under the Government's policies, all asylum seekers arriving in Australian waters are sent to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea or the small Pacific nation of Nauru.

Lawyers for detainees on Manus Island this week filed an urgent application for protection for a group of asylum seekers who say they witnessed the death of Iranian Kurd Reza Berati.

Mr Berati was beaten to death during riots at the centre in February when local police and villagers stormed the centre.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/23135655/race-to-block-asylum-seekers/

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@nero_wulf wrote:

NO boats still,  this govt is doing what a responsible govt should do and that is PROTECT our borders.

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this Government is doing the same thing you are doing

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@freakiness wrote:

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@spotweldersfriend wrote:
What happened to those 3 people from Irian Jaya (Western Papua) that were intercepted? Were they given asylum or handed over to Indonesian authorities? Anyone know?

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Are they the three that were dumped onto a boat with others and towed in the general direction of Indonesia before being cut loose?

If so they're in detention.

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has everyone who is suspected of having involvement in their smuggling been taken in for Questioning?