Armchair_Politician wrote on Mar 19
th, 2013 at 5:20pm:
scope wrote on Mar 19
th, 2013 at 11:49am:
hadrian_now wrote on Mar 19
th, 2013 at 9:39am:
Is the number of uninvited people, not of our choosing, whom Rudd & Gillard between them are responsible for allowing into this country on boats.
We had a policy under John Howard which would have prevented this, but no, the giants of the Labor party knew better.
So now we have people coming here unhindered, being given housing & benefits that could have gone to our own needy, and no end is in sight or even contemplated.
Let them roll on in says Gillard.
The estimated number of people who have overstayed their visas and are in Australia at any one time was about
53 900 as at 30 June 2010. The number of overstayers equates to about 0.02 per cent of Australia's population.
The overstayers aren't costing us more than a billion a year and don't drain taxpayer revenue because they don't get free housing, free household goods/appliances, taxpayer-funded welfare benefits, free health care, free phone cards to call Pakistan, free access to legal assistance to try to stay longer and don't put the lives of ADF personnel at risk and we know who they are and that they aren't potential terrorists. We can handle the overstayers - they aren't a big problem.
Do you ever do any research before you open your mouth?
12 October 2012
Figures released by the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) show that a record number of travellers remained in Australia illegally after their visas had expired last year.
In the 12 months to June 2012 19,570 people outstayed their leave to remain in Australia. This is double the number who did so in 2007 (9330). In the month of April 2012 alone, 4,300 people outstayed their permission to remain. The figures show that a lower percentage of overstayers were deported from Australia last year than five years ago. 8,320 of the 19,570 were deported at a cost of around AUS$35-40m.
Thats just the cost to deport the overstayers, Doesn't include the cost when the overstayers take jobs away from Australians, doesn't include the loss of tax they should be paying when they work illegally.
I live in hope that one day you will actually start thinking for yourself instead of letting the party do your thinking for you.