Right Pulse

Thanks to Rudd’s soft immigration policies introduced in August 2008:

A MASSIVE influx of up to 10,000 refugees is expected to head to Australia, Indonesian authorities have warned…Coordinator of the Malaysian immigration support group Tenaganita, Aegile Fernandez agreed that up to 10,000 asylum seekers in Malaysia were planning to come to Australia.

MT should harden-up on illegal immigration and use it as a way of getting some credibility back into his leadership. How many more people will have to die before Canberra gets the message about people smuggling? 25 people have already died since softened immigration laws and procedures were introduced by Rudd. These deaths only include those between Indonesia and Australia. 19 more illegal immigrants recently drowned off the Malaysian coast as they tried to make their way to Australia via Indonesia. So that’s 44 people so far lured to their deaths because of Rudd.

Rudd’s new policies also have the potential of getting the country off-side with Malaysia and Indonesia:

Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop yesterday slammed as unjustified the United States government’s decision to put Malaysia back on a human trafficking blacklist.

The deputy home minister said it was not true that the Malaysian government had not done enough to curb human trafficking as it had, in 2007, gazetted the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act.

Malaysia should blame Rudd. Why should Malaysia and Indonesia have to bear the brunt of Rudd’s irresponsible policies?

UPDATE 1

Seems Rudd may have gotten the message about Malaysia. He recently held a meeting with Malaysian political leaders to tackle the growing tide of illegal immigration:

At a news conference before leaving Australia, Mr Rudd said the increase in numbers of asylum-seekers was part of a worldwide phenomenon, and co-operation between Canberra and its neighbours was vital to contain the problem.

“Active co-operation between ourselves and regional governments on security, on intelligence, on border control is really important,” Mr Rudd said.

“We are seeking to enhance that with our friends in Malaysia, enhance it with our friends in Indonesia, enhance it with our friends elsewhere in the region.”

In what the government acknowledges is an unusual approach, Mr Rudd’s trip will coincide with Mr Smith’s, who yesterday met with his Malaysian counterpart.

Unusual? The fact that two of Australia’s senior political leaders visited Malaysia at the same time likely indicates a growing unrest in Malaysian political circles about Rudd’s softly approach to illegal immigration. Malaysia has to deal with the down side to Rudd’s good intentions. Rudd continues to blame global trends, not his own laws, to explain the rise in illegals. However those trends were bucked by Howard’s more tough and ultimately more merciful and just immigration laws; Laws that didn’t encourage people to risk the lives of themselves and those of their children in coming to Australia, at the expense of those of lower financial means stuck in refugee camps throughout the world.