- 19 Jul 2013 10:02
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From the BBC:
The (Australian)prime minister, who ousted Julia Gillard as Labor Party leader amid dismal polling figures last month, made the announcement in Brisbane flanked by the PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill.
"From now on, any asylum-seeker who arrives in Australia (waters)by boat will have no chance of being settled in Australia as a refugee," Mr Rudd said.
• 2010: 134 boats carrying 6,535 passengers
• 2011: 69 boats, carrying 4,565 passengers
• 2012: 278 boats carrying 17,202 passengers
• 2013 (figures up to 16 July): 218 boats carrying 15,182 passengers
Figures from Australia's Department of Immigration; passenger numbers exclude crew.
Under the agreement, new arrivals will be sent to PNG for assessment and settled there if found to be a refugee.
To accommodate the new arrivals, an offshore processing centre in PNG's Manus Island will be significantly expanded to hold up to 3,000 people.
No cap has been placed on the number of people Australia can send to PNG, Mr Rudd said.
"The new arrangements will allow Australia to help more people who are genuinely in need and help prevent people smugglers from abusing our system."
The rules would apply to all those arriving in Australia by boat from today, Immigration Minister Tony Burke said.
In return, Australia is to channel aid to PNG, including to a major regional hospital and the university sector.
Boat arrivals have soared in the past 18 months, with most asylum seekers coming from Iraq, Iran, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.
Please note that these people have come through Indonesia, they are primarily Muslim and so is Indonesia. So where is all this Muslim brotherhood we hear all about? The Indos don't want to have anything to do with them, yet they the Indos harbour fanatics who kill anyone who is not Muslim. As for the Sri Lankans, they are primarily Tamil, an ethnic group who murdered people on the streets of Colombo and swore to fight to the death. Big words. The problem with this turn of events is that Papua-New Guinea does not need to establish a Muslim enclave with these people within its own territory. It already has Muslims on its Western border. Australia should stand firm and send Muslims back to Indonesia. If that means war with Indonesia, go for it.
The (Australian)prime minister, who ousted Julia Gillard as Labor Party leader amid dismal polling figures last month, made the announcement in Brisbane flanked by the PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill.
"From now on, any asylum-seeker who arrives in Australia (waters)by boat will have no chance of being settled in Australia as a refugee," Mr Rudd said.
• 2010: 134 boats carrying 6,535 passengers
• 2011: 69 boats, carrying 4,565 passengers
• 2012: 278 boats carrying 17,202 passengers
• 2013 (figures up to 16 July): 218 boats carrying 15,182 passengers
Figures from Australia's Department of Immigration; passenger numbers exclude crew.
Under the agreement, new arrivals will be sent to PNG for assessment and settled there if found to be a refugee.
To accommodate the new arrivals, an offshore processing centre in PNG's Manus Island will be significantly expanded to hold up to 3,000 people.
No cap has been placed on the number of people Australia can send to PNG, Mr Rudd said.
"The new arrangements will allow Australia to help more people who are genuinely in need and help prevent people smugglers from abusing our system."
The rules would apply to all those arriving in Australia by boat from today, Immigration Minister Tony Burke said.
In return, Australia is to channel aid to PNG, including to a major regional hospital and the university sector.
Boat arrivals have soared in the past 18 months, with most asylum seekers coming from Iraq, Iran, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.
Please note that these people have come through Indonesia, they are primarily Muslim and so is Indonesia. So where is all this Muslim brotherhood we hear all about? The Indos don't want to have anything to do with them, yet they the Indos harbour fanatics who kill anyone who is not Muslim. As for the Sri Lankans, they are primarily Tamil, an ethnic group who murdered people on the streets of Colombo and swore to fight to the death. Big words. The problem with this turn of events is that Papua-New Guinea does not need to establish a Muslim enclave with these people within its own territory. It already has Muslims on its Western border. Australia should stand firm and send Muslims back to Indonesia. If that means war with Indonesia, go for it.
Cue sanctimonious do-gooders, stage left!