Valkie wrote on Aug 12
th, 2016 at 12:55pm:
All Some toss their passports overboard before they get to Australia.
Now, one must ask why they would do this?
And one should listen to the reasons.
"Asylum seekers arriving by boat are fleeing persecution.
"They come from countries like Iran, Afghanistan
and Sri Lanka where opponents of the government
or ethnic minorities are routinely arrested, tortured
and killed.
"If they are caught before they can get away
or in a country that does not accept asylum seekers,
they will be returned and handed over to their government.
"Having tried to
flee, the asylum seeker is
viewed as a traitor as well as an opponent of the government and could be subjected to even worse treatment.
"For these reasons, asylum seekers often move
without identity documents so if they are caught,
there is a chance they can still get away.
"Sometimes asylum seekers need false identity documents to be able to get away safely, in this case, they destroy the documents once they no longer need them so they or the people who helped them get the false documents don’t get into trouble."
Reason 1 Some also come from Pakistan and want to live in Australia because its much more nicer.