Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Jul 8
th, 2013 at 3:58pm:
Check it out.....myths busted!!!!
I told you it was a storm in a teacup, right whingers, but keep up the outrage, it's always good for a laugh.
Ten myths around asylum seekers arriving on boats in Australian waters
I have no idea what this 'myth' reply is trying to dispel, but it ain't the myth they proclaim or am I afflicted with some sort of comprehension issue. Either way it just makes stuff up and then 'dispels the stuff they make up. Pretty puerile stuff, but it is from a murdoch news feed
Myth 7: People from war torn countries cause problems
REALITY: According to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, the number of settlers - people entitled to permanent residence, including people arriving in Australia on humanitarian programs - between July 2010 and June 2011 came from more than 200 countries and totalled 127,460.
Most were born in one of the following four countries:
• New Zealand (20.2 per cent)
• China (11.5 per cent)
• United Kingdom (8.6 per cent)
• India (8.3 per cent)
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/world-news/ten-myths-around-asylum-seekers-arriving-on-boats-in-australian-waters/story-fndir2ev-1226676024840#ixzz2YQrANk3v