People smuggling question

[*elizabeths-mum*]

When people purchase their place in the boat, what is the arrangement? Is it that you will be brought to Australia to be processed as a refugee at the appropriate place or that you will be brought to Australia and landed on an isolated bit of coastland where you will be secretly integrated as an illegal immigrant? Or something else? Are the people in the centres those who were caught by the coast watch and are there a lot who arrive undetected?
I am so ignorant about this.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@newstart2380 wrote:

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@newstart2380 wrote:

Yes, they are dying because of war which causes them to flee and live in camps, they then suffer malutrition, do not have clean drinking water and suffer decease caused by poor sanitation and insufficient medical help. Can you give me a good reason why contraception of some sort whether it be sterilization of women OR MEN (lets not discriminate) would not help to reduce the number of babies being born only to die in angony and filth.

As far as educating myself, been there and done that, your personel critisism is not appreciated. I have stated my opinion and you are entitled to yours.

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Are you suggesting Syrian children are dying of malnutrition in UN camps? Afghani children? Iraqi children? So far no evidence of children in current miltiary conflict zones seem to be dying of malnutrition.

Or are you talking about North Africa where agricultural issues have plagued the country? Or are you talking about East Africa that is in the midst of the worst drought in a  century? Or West Africa where recurring drought, locust plagues and this year extensive flooding has meant that close to 20million people have been affected by food shortages?

Yes there is instability throughout most of the continent. But rebel fighting and clashes are not the reason these people can't grow their own food.

[***super_nova***]

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Yes there is instability throughout most of the continent. But rebel fighting and clashes are not the reason these people can't grow their own food.

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It is a combination of natural disasters and conflicts that makes the situation as bad as it is. Conflict does in many instances prevent the villagers from growing their own food, especially when either the rebels or the army burns down their crops and huts.  People starve and walk miles to the camps when the situation is so dangerous that it is impossible to deliver aid to them.