Soren wrote on Feb 25
th, 2016 at 4:48pm:
greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 25
th, 2016 at 2:17pm:
Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 25
th, 2016 at 2:14pm:
greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 25
th, 2016 at 2:07pm:
"Another Labor illegal immigrant before court"Say what?

Where did you get "illegal immigrant" from, Armpit?
"A REFUGEE on a bridging visa ... " Before that he came by boat dumbass.
Sure.
But what's with the "illegal immigrant" thing?
Asylum seekers who come by boat aren't illegal immigrants.
An utterly stupid and now completely irrelevant argument. Illegal, unlawful, unauthorised - whatever.
Well, no. There is a difference between illegal and unlawful.
For people to go around claiming that asylum seekers arriving by boat are illegal it is most definitely relevant.
Quote:They do not arrive lawfully so they must be detained offshore. They are not to be ever settled in Australia. When they get Cambodian or PNG citizenship they can apply for a tourist visa and if they a granted the visa they can come and visit. Otherwise they will never set foot in Australia legally.
They do arrive lawfully though. We have specific laws in place, that we helped draft, that state that arriving by boat and seeking asylum is not illegal or unlawful and is 100% ok and fine. if we bothered to check their claims, and process their application, they could quite happily be accepted if deemed to be a refugee, and they could quite lawfully live in australia. We choose not to do this, and instead to torture them for no reason other than to deter other people seeking asylum.
The great irony is that what we do as a nation is illegal. its not the asylum seekers that are breaking the law. Its us.