longweekend58 wrote on Jul 20
th, 2013 at 4:44pm:
Ammonsa wrote on Jul 20
th, 2013 at 4:40pm:
MOTR wrote on Jul 20
th, 2013 at 4:28pm:
Ammonsa wrote on Jul 20
th, 2013 at 4:13pm:
Maybe we should just let refugees into Australia, instead of putting them into detention camps that have literally been described as comparable with war POW camps. I don't know, but it feels like it'd be a lot EASIER to just grant these refugees fleeing to Australia, basic human rights, and decency.
The refugees we do accept into Australia are granted basic human rights and decency. I believe we are in a position to accept more, and Rudd has promised to increase our intake of refugees if this deal with PNG works. The problem with onshore processing is that encourages many to make what is a very perilous trip without increasing the number of refugees we ultimately accept into Australia.
So the response to is put them into inhumane detention camps, and then now shove them off into a country that actually doesn't have a stellar record of human rights and basic living conditions?
they are not inhumane, you wanker. they are DETENTION camps but they have good living conditions inside. But that's what happens when you come to a country ILLEGALLY.
They are inhumane. The living conditions are awful.
"The conditions faced by asylum seekers in detention in Nauru are far worse than in detention in Australia:
Asylum seekers are staying in army tents. These tents offer absolutely no privacy, and barely have any room between the stretcher beds.
When it rains, the camp quickly floods. Every single tent observed had at least one leak, with bedding and clothing was soaked.
In the camp temperature reaches over 40 degrees in the compound and 80 percent humidity. The heat means people can’t stay in their tents during the day.
Rodents and insects problems in tents are common.
Most find it hard to sleep in the tents - either because of the extreme heat, the dampness, or because of men crying during the night. This all exacerbates the deterioration of their mental health."
Sounds completely reasonable, right?
And they didn't come here illegally, if they have been found as genuine refugees. If they're genuine refugees we have a moral obligation to welcome them in. Saying "THATS WHAT YOU GET YOU CRIMINAL SCUM" is both plain wrong, and callous. If you think a refugee fleeing a war torn country actually gives a poo about your "queue" then you're completely deluded.