Tony Abbott plans to block 130,000 people from migrating to Australia
Jul 25th 2010, 2:42 am
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If their families follow them surelly this is by plane making their case a lie.
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Jul 25th 2010, 2:47 am
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I could not disagree more. These people have been assessed by Australia as genuine asylum seekers who have had terrible things happen in their lives. To disadvantage the most disadvantaged people even more by singling them out, seems morally indefensible. These are real people not the playthings of conservative politics. Disgusting!!!
Jul 25th 2010, 2:48 am
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Are you saying that asylum seekers can bring their families over as well? I thought that was the whole point of the debate about boat people that the only way of leaving their country was by boat.
If their families follow them surelly this is by plane making their case a lie.
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If their families follow them surelly this is by plane making their case a lie.
Keel
Jul 25th 2010, 3:01 am
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I could not disagree more. These people have been assessed by Australia as genuine asylum seekers who have had terrible things happen in their lives. To disadvantage the most disadvantaged people even more by singling them out, seems morally indefensible. These are real people not the playthings of conservative politics. Disgusting!!!
Jul 25th 2010, 3:02 am
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Re: Tony Abbott plans to block 130,000 people from migrating to Australia
Mr Abbott said skilled migration programs would continue.
‘‘We will maintain, though, various employer-nominated categories because it’s important that business has the skills as a people that it needs,’’ he said
‘‘We will maintain, though, various employer-nominated categories because it’s important that business has the skills as a people that it needs,’’ he said
Jul 25th 2010, 3:08 am
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Are you saying that asylum seekers can bring their families over as well? I thought that was the whole point of the debate about boat people that the only way of leaving their country was by boat.
If their families follow them surelly this is by plane making their case a lie.
Keel
If their families follow them surelly this is by plane making their case a lie.
Keel
Over 90% of asylum seekers arrive in Australia by plane. The one's who arrive by plane are far more likely to be assessed as not genuine compared to those who arrive by boat. 55% of people who arrive by air are rejected compared to 2-15% who arrive by boat. So arriving by boat actually makes it far more likely that their case is the truth.
Jul 25th 2010, 3:10 am
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If their families were having terrible things done to them as well why did they wait back home for years while the father travelled through all these safe countries on the way here. I see no reason that a genuine asylum seeker should have his extended family flown over here to live off Centrelink.
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Jul 25th 2010, 3:45 am
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Re: Tony Abbott plans to block 130,000 people from migrating to Australia
Its going to be Student and family visas so skilled migration won't be affected. Students is an issue but family visas are of no assistance to the economy.
Jul 25th 2010, 3:49 am
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Jul 25th 2010, 3:49 am
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Re: Tony Abbott plans to block 130,000 people from migrating to Australia
I could not disagree more. These people have been assessed by Australia as genuine asylum seekers who have had terrible things happen in their lives. To disadvantage the most disadvantaged people even more by singling them out, seems morally indefensible. These are real people not the playthings of conservative politics. Disgusting!!!
Jul 25th 2010, 3:52 am
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Jul 25th 2010, 3:53 am
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Re: Tony Abbott plans to block 130,000 people from migrating to Australia
Yeah as long as you are employer nominated skilled migration.
Students are definitely going to cop it
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-ele...725-10q4o.html
‘We will maintain, though, various employer-nominated categories because it’s important that business has the skills as a people that it needs,’’
Mr Abbott said he was ‘‘all in favour’’ of Australia selling education to overseas students.
‘‘But what I don’t want us to be doing is selling immigration outcomes in the guise of selling education,’’ he said.
‘‘But what I don’t want us to be doing is selling immigration outcomes in the guise of selling education,’’ he said.
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-ele...725-10q4o.html
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Jul 25th 2010, 4:00 am
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Re: Tony Abbott plans to block 130,000 people from migrating to Australia
I could not disagree more. These people have been assessed by Australia as genuine asylum seekers who have had terrible things happen in their lives. To disadvantage the most disadvantaged people even more by singling them out, seems morally indefensible. These are real people not the playthings of conservative politics. Disgusting!!!
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Jul 25th 2010, 4:03 am
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