Seeking asylum in Australia

Fleeing conflict and war, asylum seekers are risking everything they have for new lives in Australia. On this edition of 101 East we are in Australia to look at one of the toughest immigration policies in the world.

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• News

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• jazeera;
• 101east;
• Australia;
• Asylum;
• refugees;
• tough
• immigration

[mauriceh995]

the white australians took away all the land from the aboriginals and killed them

the land does not belong to white australians so immigrants should be allowed to freely enter australia

i am sure the aboriginals did not like it when they immigrated and took their land so it has come back on you

[Amunication]

why should boat people have human rights? Australians don't even have human rights! we have no Bill of Rights or anything similar.

[Amunication]

why do they always do these reports in Sydney? it's almost as if Melbourne doesn't exist and Melbourne shits all over Sydney!!!

[Amunication]

dey took our jaaaaaaahhhhhhbbbbbssssss!!!

[WorldSacred]

It's ludicrous to complain about a few thousand people coming to Australia by boat as refugees? Would you be complaining when those thousands you let in become hundreds of thousands? Oh no, you already have your job secured in supporting illegal immigrants. What about those high school graduates that have to compete with with illegals in the job markets?

[FireInTheOrganism]

@ancestoralmemory I'm atheist.

[182lynette]

Why are you people protesting for the real refugees you know the ones that didnt come here illegally the ones that dont have the money the ones that are waiting on the que lines the ones who have children? The children we dont see where are you actions for these people? How many illegal boat refugees that come here how many places are they taking from these families waiting to be saved legally!!!!!!!!!!!

[vicarexar]

DID YOU KNOW?

Three hundred boat people have been housed

at RAAF Sherger Air Base in Weipa.

All are being accepted into Australia.

All are men.

All receive the pension same as our pensioners –

All get the same amount again for hardship payment – this equals twice what our pensioners get.

[vicarexar]

All receive fifty dollars a day for spending money.

Security staff employed to watch them.

Chefs employed to feed them (one quarter of a tonne of chicken a day alone is cooked).

They won't pick up their own rubbish.

There was a massive dispute because they didn't like the radio station.

Another dispute because batteries were flat for the Nintendo games.

Tents set up for mosque prayers had to be air conditioned.

[vicarexar]

The Bores/Wells set up to run RAAF Sherger adequately are now dry

because taps are left running all day long.

Sewerage systems now blocked with condoms (???) supplied to them

(all of them are men remember)

Dept of Immigration & Citizenship (DIAC) wants Dept of Defence to pay

all the bills so they can hide the costs of allowing three hundred refugees into the country from tax paying Australians