Today, the 700th illegal boat arrived under Labor’s watch

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The latest arrival of two vessels carrying 157 people takes the total number of illegal boats that have arrived on Labor’s watch past 700.

Over 42,000 people have arrived on 701 boats since the Rudd-Gillard Government dismantled the Howard Government’s border protection regime.

Labor’s decision to dismantle the Howard Government’s policies has put our country’s security at risk.

It has cost hundreds of lives lost at sea and resulted in thousands of people entering our communities without rigorous security checks.

Every illegal boat arrival cost Australians $12.8 million (on average) – and that’s money which could otherwise go to fund hospitals, roads and help repay debt.

It has seen border protection cost blowouts of more than $10 billion for a system that does not work – that’s money which could otherwise fund hospitals, roads and help repay debt.

Labor’s mismanagement has also included the detention of a convicted jihadist terrorist in low security family accommodation at Inverbrackie in South Australia.

This jihadist was a member of the terrorist organisation Egyptian Islamic Jihad, which merged with al Qaeda in 2001, many years before his arrival by boat.

With an average of 100 people now arriving every day, Australia cannot afford three more years of Labor failure.

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on the table = closer to his mouth

[**meep**]

Illegal label is legally wrong

Who is 'unlawful'?

People who are not Australian citizens are 'unlawful' if they do not have a valid visa giving them permission to be in Australia. Usually, 'unlawful non-citizens' are people who have:

• arrived in Australia without a visa


• overstayed their visa


• had their visa cancelled.

What is the role of immigration detention policy?

Immigration detention plays a significant role in maintaining the integrity of Australia's migration and refugee and humanitarian programs. Australia's immigration detention policy was introduced in 1992 and has been maintained by successive governments.

The main focus of the immigration detention policy is to ensure that:

• people who arrive without lawful authority do not enter the Australian community until their identity and status have been properly assessed and they have been granted a visa


• people who do not have authority to be in Australia are available for removal from Australia.

The care and security of accommodation for people in immigration detention is based on humane principles and standards. A suite of immigration detention placements have been developed to place people in immigration detention in living arrangements that are appropriate to their needs.

http://www.immi.gov.au/managing-australias-borders/detention/about/background.htm

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If we as a Country ever have to rely on Tony Abbott's words ....that in itself may be a big risk to our safety 

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Meep,

As a Country that is part to the it is perfectly legal to arrive in a country that is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees without the correct visa or even without a passport if you are entering that territory to claim asylum.

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sorry , I must double check my editing 

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Are asylum seekers who arrive by boat illegal immigrants?

Asylum seekers who arrive in Australia by boat are neither engaging in illegal activity, nor are they immigrants

The UN Refugee Convention (to which Australia is a signatory) recognises that refugees have a right to enter a country for the purposes of seeking asylum, regardless of how they arrive or whether they hold valid travel or identity documents.

The Convention stipulates that what would usually be considered as illegal actions (e.g. entering a country without a visa) should not be treated as illegal if a person is seeking asylum. This means that it is incorrect to refer to asylum seekers who arrive without authorisation as “illegal”, as they in fact have a right to enter Australia to seek asylum.

In line with our obligations under the Convention, Australian law also permits unauthorised entry into Australia for the purposes of seeking asylum. Asylum seekers do not break any Australian laws simply by arriving on boats or without authorisation.

Australian and international law make these allowances because it is not always safe or practicable for asylum seekers to obtain travel documents or travel through authorised channels.

read more:http://www.sbs.com.au/goback/about/factsheets/4/are-asylum-seekers-who-arrive-by-boat-illegal-immigr...

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I find it odd that some of the migrants are those who scorn refugees the most.

It's rather odd listening to a person using very broken English, after being here for years, slinging off about asylum seekers.

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• Neither asylum seekers, nor refugees have a right to enter, without authority, a country which is not their country of nationality.


• The use of the word 'illegal' or 'unlawful' to describe asylum seekers entering a country without authority is standard international practice, not least by signatory states to the Refugees Convention. This is because the Refugees Convention (Article 31) explicitly refers to the "illegal entry or presence" of refugees who arrive in the territory of a country "without authorisation".

Accordingly, describing a person as an illegal, unauthorised or unlawful arrival, or their presence as illegal, unlawful or unauthorised is doing no more than using the correct objective descriptions. As reflected in the Refugees Convention, these are the appropriate terms even where a person is found to be a refugee.

The above is from Dept of Immigration and Citizenship website but its is dated 2004.

Iza, do you have current information and does it differ from the above in regards to the correct terminology as per Refugee Convention?

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I agree with you Freaki...I've even read one describe themselves as 'looking Australian"....it seems that meant ,in their opinion having blonde hair  and blue eyes 😐