I am always amused by misdirection. While I love this kind of thing when I am watching my favorite magicians perform. When it comes to reality however it is just annoying.
Consider the case of the graphs that show how few refugees Australia takes compared to some other parts of the world. I'm not sure of the current figures since they change so often but Australia takes in about 250,000 to 300,000 imports per year.
Compare this figure to any other country on the planet and then decide how and where Australia sits as far as taking in outsiders. Now add in the fact that as a nation we are running out of potable water and that our government is running up a $200-300 Billion debt. Ignoring that population increases in Australia are becoming a serious problem that no-one wants to look at, Australia must be the world leader in taking people in.
Now factor in all the support, housing, legal, representation, food, shelter, clothing and other benefits that even the illegal refugees receive and compare this to any other nation in our region. You can even extend out 5-6000 if you like.
If you bother to do any of this you will find that as a nation we appear th be the most lenient, most accepting and most tolerant nation on the planet when it comes to taking people in. So from now on when others complain remind them of these facts.
I'd support a system where for every group of refugees that comes in the count is subtracted from our official immigration limits, just to keep some kind of balance.
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