Re: Offshore Immigration Camps : Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:16 pm  

Barnabus wrote:

It reminds me of a 90's film called No Escape.

The island was a prison where inmates were thrown from a helicopter and left to fend for themselves and forge their own societies.

Basically what we did with Australia back in the olden days.

I wouldn't lose much sleep if we did this to all our hardened criminals and sex offenders, but genuine asylum seekers are fleeing this type of thing in the first place.

Re: Offshore Immigration Camps : Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:31 pm  

As long as they all move out on matchdays, (apart from those buying tickets) I'd reckon the Bulls would be happy to rent out Odsal for the purpose the rest of the time.

Re: Offshore Immigration Camps : Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:04 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

As long as they all move out on matchdays, (apart from those buying tickets)

What, no freebies ?

Whats the world come to...

Re: Offshore Immigration Camps : Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:09 pm  

rover49 wrote:

I wouldn't lose much sleep if we did this to all our hardened criminals and sex offenders, but genuine asylum seekers are fleeing this type of thing in the first place.

The thing is, they are most certainly not all genuine asylum seekers. Some recently even "chose" to go back to where they "fled" as they were going to be processed offshore.

The reason this controversial policy has been brought back, was that they realised that when offshore processing was brought in, the number of boat people dropped a lot. It was actually a deterrent to those economic migrants mixed in with the genuine refugees. When it was abandoned, the numbers of people coming rose sharply. Political parties and opinions aside, the government that got rid of it, have brought it back.

Re: Offshore Immigration Camps : Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:57 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

As long as they all move out on matchdays, (apart from those buying tickets) I'd reckon the Bulls would be happy to rent out Odsal for the purpose the rest of the time.

I've been to Odsal on match day, they'd fit right in...

Re: Offshore Immigration Camps : Thu Nov 22, 2012 7:59 pm  

It's OK. People can now come to Australia without any qualifications or being able to speak English. As long as you have a measly $5million. http://www.smh.com.au/national/wonky-va ... 29sxo.html As for putting asylum seekers and the economic migrants that hide among them slowing the refugee process down, maybe they can be sent to "Sandy Island" in the pacific http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20442487

It's OK. People can now come to Australia without any qualifications or being able to speak English. As long as you have a measly $5million. http://www.smh.com.au/national/wonky-va ... 29sxo.html As for putting asylum seekers and the economic migrants that hide among them slowing the refugee process down, maybe they can be sent to "Sandy Island" in the pacific http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20442487