Asylum immigrants - Green Light

[banco]

So those lying bastards were lying about the reason for the cancellation of the Indonesia visit.

 

[drsmith]

So those lying bastards were lying about the reason for the cancellation of the Indonesia visit.

As I said before, sour grapes won't help.

 

[banco]

Interesting to see your tolerance of dishonesty from politicians seems to depend on whether it's the libs or labor.

 

[drsmith]

Interesting to see your tolerance of dishonesty from politicians seems to depend on whether it's the libs or labor.

The reason given reflects the political reality between Australia and Indonesia given the underlying problems Labor's border protections policies in government created, for both countries.

It's interesting to see your balance on issues of national significance.

 

[drsmith]

As it turned out, a bright orange lifeboat wasn't required and it seems crew and passengers were sent back in their own boat with a few extras.

Media reports are now emerging that the people smugglers were only able to get 18 passengers on board this attempt.

According to an account given to Indonesia’s navy, the crew said two Australian warships put three extra people on board their boat before they were escorted to Indonesian waters.

They say they were in Australian waters on May 1 while taking 18 asylum seekers from India and Nepal towards Ashmore Reef and were escorted back to Indonesian territory a day later.

The Indonesian Navy on Monday night released a statement saying it had found a group of asylum seekers — 16 Indians, two Nepalese and two Albanians.

The group told naval officers they had left from South Sulawesi on April 26 without the two Albanians.

They say they were met by two Australian vessels near Ashmore Reef on Thursday.

They were escorted to Indonesian territory where on Sunday, the Albanians and one Indonesian got on board, and the Australian vessels parted ways with them.

Their boat ran out of fuel and became stranded on Lay Island in East Nusa Tenggara where the Indonesian naval officers found them.

Most are men aged in their 20s, the officers say.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...ylum-seeker-boat/story-fni0xqrc-1226906878139

 

[sptrawler]

The Fairfax press though is still having a lot of trouble coming to terms with the success of this government's border protection policies. Despite the above, the following this morning is the top story on the SMH's online front page.

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/why-t...-big-chill-with-indonesia-20140505-zr4zy.html

Yes it is hillarious, he bags the coalition for telling Indonesia they are going to turn back boats.
Wasn't it Rudd up there, begging Bam Bam, to tell Abbott to not turn back the boats, snivelling little twerp.lol As if that helped international relationships, involving them in domestic politics, what a laugh.

These highly paid reporters might be worried, Abbott is going to tax them more and hit them for not having private health insurance. Must be some reason for the continuous hate reporting.lol

 

[drsmith]

It looks like the additional two added to the turned back boat were from another boat in the same area at a similar time.

That would make sense given there was also an Indonesian crew member transferred as well.

A spokesman for the Indonesian Co-ordinating Minister for Legal, Political and Security Affairs, Djoko Suyanto, said on Tuesday that 20 asylum seekers turned back on one boat on Monday actually came from two different vessels discovered by Australian authorities in the same waters at a similar time.

They are the eighth and ninth boats confirmed to have been returned under Operation Sovereign Borders.

The spokesman, Agus Barnas, said Australian navy or Customs vessels had intercepted both boats, combined the two groups, put them back on the wooden boat of the larger group and pushed them back to Indonesia.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/fed...for-turnback-to-indonesia-20140506-zr5kb.html

The Greens can therefore once again curb their excitement.

Greens leader Christine Milne says she is shocked by the reports.

She says if they are true, it would be in complete contravention of international law.

"These are really serious breaches of not only international law but of appropriate process," she said.

"My question is: is this something Scott Morrison directed his department to do, is this something Tony Abbott knew about?"

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-...tatement-on-asylum-seeker-boat-turn-b/5432284

 

[drsmith]

Poor Marty.

After the success of our government's policies in stopping the boats with such little help from Indonesia itself, he's been left to sell whatever he can to his domestic audience.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-...-extra-passengers-serious-development/5434540

 

[sptrawler]

Poor Marty.

After the success of our government's policies in stopping the boats with such little help from Indonesia itself, he's been left to sell whatever he can to his domestic audience.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-...-extra-passengers-serious-development/5434540

Interesting that the ABC said the trip was called off because of the asylum seeker issue.
But the Government says it was due to the nearness of the budget.
Obviously the ABC has an intimate understanding of Government decisions.

 

[drsmith]

Interesting that the ABC said the trip was called off because of the asylum seeker issue.
But the Government says it was due to the nearness of the budget.
Obviously the ABC has an intimate understanding of Government decisions.

They have to have something to do.

They haven't had to update their log of boat arrivals for quiet a while.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-25/log-of-boat-arrivals-and-other-asylum-seeker-incidents/5014496

 

[drsmith]

20 weeks without a successful people smuggling operation to Australia.

Another 9 IMA's were voluntarily returned to their country of origin after electing to go home from an offshore processing centre. This takes that total to 236 since the commencement of OSB.

http://newsroom.customs.gov.au/channels/operational-updates/releases/operational-update-9-may

 

[orr]

20 weeks without a successful people smuggling operation to Australia.

Another 9 IMA's were voluntarily returned to their country of origin after electing to go home from an offshore processing centre. This takes that total to 236 since the commencement of OSB.

http://newsroom.customs.gov.au/channels/operational-updates/releases/operational-update-9-may

And still they attempt to come; Knowing that their fate at our hands, is to be shipped off to a Cannibal Island gulag with no human rights no justice and be kept at the hands of the merciless, murderous thugs of our employ.
Hats off Australia you've solved the problem..... In the very very small minds of some.

 

[Calliope]

And still they attempt to come; Knowing that their fate at our hands, is to be shipped off to a Cannibal Island gulag with no human rights no justice and be kept at the hands of the merciless, murderous thugs of our employ.
Hats off Australia you've solved the problem..... In the very very small minds of some.

Not everyone is as high-minded as you orr. I hypothesise that if squatters turned up on your doorstep, proclaiming their rights to share your home, you would welcome them with open arms.

However the word would soon get around that you are a soft touch, and the trickle would become a flood. Perhaps then, you would take the honey off the table.

 

[drsmith]

I'd like to see the high-minded sour grapes brigade willingly welcome gentlemen such as this into their homes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Ifw-4O_4I

 

[drsmith]

Scott Morrison in Parliament today as reported by Fairfax,

2:54pm: The government is not spending all its dixers directly on the budget, however.

We have had one to Scott Morrison on the result of Australia's "strong border protection policies".

This gives the Immigration Minister to chance to note that for the last 20 weeks there has not been a "single successful maritime people smuggling venture to Australia".

(Note the very long description here.)

This does, however, lead Morrison to observe that all this Operation Sovereign Border success will save $2.5 billion for the budget.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/fede...2014-politics-live-may-13-20140513-386f8.html

My bolds.

 

[drsmith]

21 weeks without a successful people smuggling operation to Australia.

Over the past week 10 IMA's were voluntarily returned to their country of origin after electing to go home from an offshore processing centre. This total is now 246 since the commencement of OSB.

http://newsroom.customs.gov.au/channels/operational-updates/releases/operational-update-16-may

 

[drsmith]

The Cambodian government is in the final stages of considering a refugee resettlement agreement with Australia and wants to sign a memorandum of understanding as soon as possible.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-...efugee-settlement-deal-with-australia/5460918

 

[noco]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-...efugee-settlement-deal-with-australia/5460918

Doc, I do not know which would be the lesser of two evils......PNG or Cambodia......but both countries will benefit from Aussie tax payers dollars.

 

[noco]

No boat arrivals for the past 5 months......9 detention centers closed.......illegal refugees on Christmas Island halved to just over 1000 and Bill Shorten does not have the decency to admit the policy of the Coalition has been successful.....I mean what is wrong with this bloke?...

Before the election Labor said it would not work.......how wrong they have been again.



http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...ats-have-stopped/story-fnihslxi-1226928815184

 

[bunyip]

Remember the illegal boat people who came to grief when rough weather wrecked their boats off Christmas Island (I think it was), and Australian personnel risked their lives to rescue them. Some were drowned in spite of the efforts of our people. Now the ones we rescued are suing the Australian government.
What ungrateful, shameless, disgraceful people. This is a bit like if you risked your life to pull a badly injured person from a fiery car crash, and the bastard sues you because the intensity of the flames prevented you from rescuing his wife or child as well.
Maybe we should just let them fend for themselves if this sort of situation ever arises again.