Asylum immigrants - Green Light

[noco]

Ha Doc, with all the hooha on the Rudd lies with Treasury and election debates , the PNG solution and new boat people arrivals has all been forgotten.

What is the latest? Have the boats stopped coming?

 

[drsmith]

The boats have slowed.

There's been three over the past week carrying 145 passengers. Over the same week about 200 have been transferred to Manus Island. This takes the total sent to Manus to about 560, still less than 20% of those who have arrived since the agreement was announced.

Another boat with about 50 on board issued a mayday just off Java around the middle of the week. There's been no further news since that I've seen.

 

[noco]

The boats have slowed.

There's been three over the past week carrying 145 passengers. Over the same week about 200 have been transferred to Manus Island. This takes the total sent to Manus to about 560, still less than 20% of those who have arrived since the agreement was announced.

Another boat with about 50 on board issued a mayday just off Java around the middle of the week. There's been no further news since that I've seen.

Thanks Doc for the latest news.

 

[drsmith]

With the recent reduction in boat arrivals, Labor is claiming victory over the problem.

LABOR has declared victory over people-smugglers after the arrival of two lightly-loaded asylum boats in the past 24 hours.

These two boats are yet to appear on either Customs or Michael Smith's site.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...-smuggling-trade/story-fn9qr68y-1226708996062

 

[drsmith]

Two boats on Customs today containing 31 arrivals each. The total that have arrived since the new PNG arrangement is 3086. Of these, approximately 600 have been transferred to Manus island in 15 transfers of around 40 each.

 

[drsmith]

How Tony Abbott's slowing the boats before he even takes office.

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2013/s3841335.htm

 

[drsmith]

On Manus, the natives are getting restless.

“They must also pay for the floating hotel they have in our sea,” Lou said.
He was referring to an Australian navy ship with accommodation facilities anchored near the Lombrum naval base.
Locals alleged that workers at the asylum seekers centre lived on the ship and came to work daily.
Lou said the rubbish was producing a bad smell and attracted blow flies to Lombrum and surrounding villages in the Los Negros LLG.
“Already some of the villagers have contracted diarrhoea, a sickness we never experienced in the past,” Lou said.
“The dump has been in operation for the past 100 months and the ship has been anchored there for a month.
“Our sagos and creek have been polluted.”

It will be interesting after the election to see what state this facility is actually in.

http://www.thenational.com.pg/?q=node/55641

 

[drsmith]

Another boat with 90 passengers.

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/130906mediarelease_bpcassistsvessel.asp

 

[Calliope]

Cleansing the Augean Stables would have been a piece of cake compared with the mess that Abbott will have to clean up from the PNG "solution".

 

[sails]

Cleansing the Augean Stables would have been a piece of cake compared with the mess that Abbott will have to clean up from the PNG "solution".

And I expect labor supporters to ridicule Abbott for not being able to clean up the mess they created quickly enough even though they caused the massive problem.

Labor did nothing for over five years sending our Navy out to taxi people here by the thousands. They were handed orderly border control and they will hand it back over to the libs in an awful and expensive mess.

Never let them forget it...lol

 

[bellenuit]

And I expect labor supporters to ridicule Abbott for not being able to clean up the mess they created quickly enough even though they caused the massive problem.

Labor did nothing for over five years sending our Navy out to taxi people here by the thousands. They were handed orderly border control and they will hand it back over to the libs in an awful and expensive mess.

Never let them forget it...lol

In a few weeks Labor and the left in general will be back calling Abbott's policies inhumane and heartless and that we should process onshore etc. They will quickly have forgotten what they did and wanted to do when they were in charge.

 

[So_Cynical]

Another 2 illegal entry's, the first of many to come under the Abbott Government.

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/130908mediarelease_BPCassistsvessel.asp

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/130909mediarelease_BPC-assists-vessel.asp

 

[drsmith]

Another 2 illegal entry's, the first of many to come under the Abbott Government.

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/130908mediarelease_BPCassistsvessel.asp

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/130909mediarelease_BPC-assists-vessel.asp

When did those boats leave Indonesia ?

To give you a hint, the one with 57 also had the two overseas journalists on board.

I thought Labor stated they had this Licked. Obviously not and the Coalition are yet to be sworn in. Caretaker provisions still apply.

 

[sails]

Another 2 illegal entry's, the first of many to come under the Abbott Government.

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/130908mediarelease_BPCassistsvessel.asp

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/130909mediarelease_BPC-assists-vessel.asp

SC - Drsmith is right - labor are still in caretaker mode until the libs are sworn in. So you can blame labor at this stage...lol

But, in any case, it seems rather pathetic that labor caused this massive problem and then taunt the libs because they can't stop it before they are sworn in.

It could take a while to stop the stream of boats to which Labor opened the flood gates.

 

[So_Cynical]

When will Tony stop the boats, he won the election.?

 

[stewiejp]

In all honesty, the only reason people will stop coming here via boat or any other means is if Australia becomes a less desirable place to live. I realise politicians use it as a political platform but I can't see how people are going to stop trying to get here.... it's a great country, despite our political bickering. I've traveled a bit over the years and our standard of living is massively better than the majority of other countries out there.

 

[sails]

When will Tony stop the boats, he won the election.?

Can a leftie pease tell SC labor are still in caretaker mode until the new government is sworn in? I think he has most of this forum on ignore...lol.

And please remind him labor caused the probem by opening the floodgates for five years...

 

[dutchie]

When will Tony stop the boats, he won the election.?

He has scheduled to do that tomorrow afternoon.

 

[So_Cynical]

He has scheduled to do that tomorrow afternoon.

2 more boats.

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/130912mediarelease_BPC-assists-vessel.asp

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/130913_BPC-intercepts-vessel.asp

So much for Tony stopping the boats...that's 4 now since the election.

 

[sails]

2 more boats.

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/130912mediarelease_BPC-assists-vessel.asp

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/130913_BPC-intercepts-vessel.asp

So much for Tony stopping the boats...that's 4 now since the election.

lol So-Cynical - looks like none of your leftie friends will stop you posting silly stuff. I think you have most of on ignore and it has been often explained to you that the coalition are not in government yet until they are sworn in next week sometime.

Until then, labor are in caretaker mode - probably still spending taxpayer funds for all we know but they will be sending the navy out to taxi the unauthorised arrivals in as they have done for nearly six years now and over 50,000 unauthorised arrivals later.

Will a leftie tell SC that he doesn't understand how a change of government works? Or will you guys sit back and let him keep making a fool of himself?...