He may have his asylum application knocked back because he's not from the Middle East or Afghanistan. Only very few unlucky ones from those shores are ever knocked back. And then they appeal at our cost.
He may have his asylum application knocked back because he's not from the Middle East or Afghanistan.
Only very few unlucky ones from those shores are ever knocked back. And then they appeal at our cost.
No one has answered the over population problem we face in this country in particular and the world at large. Control population growth, and there would not be an asylum problem.
I know your tongue is firmly in cheek, but for the benefit of lurkers, Australia is a nation of immigrants, and welcomes people from different cultures. It might take several years (southern Europeans and Asians were not universally welcomed initially) but I'm proud of our multi-cultural cities, particularly Melbourne. I'm not saying that racism and bigotry doesn't exist (witness some of the contributions to this thread) and some country towns are hives of rednecks, but by and large Australia accepts immigrants.
Correction. AU politicians, especially from the left, accept indiscriminate migration, the general population have little say.
There is absolutely no evidence of over population in Australia now or in the future. This is a preposterous claim.
In fact, the opposite is likely to be the case unless we increase our immigration. We are well below fertility replacement rate, and no immigration will lead to a very old, and diminishing population (just look at Japan). Instead of that loon, Dick Smith, read demographer, Bernard Salt, who knows what he's talking about and has facts to back him up.

Why not aim for a future population of a hundred million in Australia, so this country can become as bad as an African banana republic.![]()
I'm jumping through hoops you wouldn't believe! It's also costing me A$2000 for a visa that most countries offer at little-to-no cost as I'm married to a citizen of the country. Seriously, your accusation that immigration is "indiscriminate" appears to me to be wildly inaccurate. They is discriminating the hell out of me.
Where do you live?
They have to keep the likes of you out so more room can be allocated to so called asylum seekers.
No one has answered the over population problem we face in this country in particular and the world at large. Control population growth, and there would not be an asylum problem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...d_dependent_territories_by_population_density
Gosh your right! We are the 235th (from 241) most densely populated nation on the planet! Quick! Abandon ship!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...d_dependent_territories_by_population_density
Gosh your right! We are the 235th (from 241) most densely populated nation on the planet! Quick! Abandon ship!!!!
Sydney and Melbourne have enormous density problems you...................
Sydney and Melbourne have enormous density problems you...................
I should add to my previous post, that there are a heap of country towns with falling populations which would kill for immigrants.