@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
i have a feeling that the great she elephant
knows exactly what the difference is
between our post war immigration intake
and the current refugees situation.
her example is irrelevant to the discussion
The whole point is that, basically I don't see the difference - apart from the fact that I was made to feel welcomes and current refugees mostly aren't . Once you have been accepted as a permanent resident, then your entitlements should be exactly the same regardless of how you came here. If becoming an Australian citizen were to be made a requirement for receiving benefits, then I would be quite happy to go along with that, but the post I was initially replying to was complaining about refugees BECAUSE they take out Australian citizenship
ok.
i read it differently. i thought the post
was suggesting some refugees cheat
the system. which is completely different
to our post-war immigration program where
we needed people to populate australia -
as you said, we paid them to come here.
(populate or perish)
that is why i still feel your example was
not relevant to this discussion.
