Comments on: Abbott is cruel and confused on those fleeing persecution

By: David

David — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 08:28:26 +0000

The same selfish and factually incorrect responses I see. I hope none of you are ever in a position where you may have to leave your country due to persecution. Ignorance is bliss.

By: brian

brian — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 01:28:14 +0000

these people are coming here illegally and have no basis for claiming refugee status have you even read the convention or do you just pick and choose what you like. It calls people illegal entry in the convention but says there claim should still be assessed (note they are still illegal). AS LONG AS THE COUNTRY IS CLOSEST. Last time i checked we are a long long way from iran or whatever other muslim country they come from but irrespective of that the convention states they we dont have to asses there claim if not closest country. can you read DIRECTLY FROM last time i checked not one of these people came directly from iran to australia

Article 31 of the Convention and Protocol relating to the status of refugees states
Article 31
refugees unlawfully in the country of refugee
1. The Contracting States shall not impose penalties, on account of their
illegal entry or presence, on refugees who, coming directly from a territory
where their life or freedom was threatened in the sense of article 1, enter or
are present in their territory without authorization, provided they present
themselves without delay to the authorities and show good cause for their
illegal entry or presence.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 02:08:18 +0000

If the so called refugees are coming in by boat then they are the lucky ones that have some money to pay for their passage. They then get hear and start rioting, start fires, destroy millions of dollars worth of property which at the end of the day the hard working australian taxpayer has to pay for. The government needed to do something to stop the type of people coming to Australia. By the way I despise the Abbott government and the Qld LNP government. Then what about the real refugees who have no money to pay their way illegally,theyn have to wait in line before being granted permission. They are prepared to do the hard yards to get approval. The Greens are soft, they need to take a spoonful of cement and harden up and stop getting on the bandwagon for Illegal Imigrants (amongst many other things)