Thanks to the ‘compassionate’ Rudd, whose new immigration policies have resulted in the deaths of 40 people and made a healthy profit for people smugglers. This is the latest from potential illegal immigrants.
But all the people The Weekend Australian spoke to were sure of the new ground rules in Australia – that is, that anyone who makes it to Australian waters will, if they pass the health and security checks, be on the mainland with a visa within 90 days.
And this was the headline from the German media in late 2008, after Rudd relaxed immigration laws: “Australia sees no influx of illegal immigrants.” Since that international fluff piece there has been an ‘influx’. Here are details on Rudd’s illegal immigrant death toll:
14th January 2009 (14 dead) – Indonesia
Of the 18 who set out on that trip after a violent escape from a Kupang detention centre, only four people were rescued…
16th April 2009 (5 dead) – off Australia
THREE asylum seekers have been killed in an explosion on board the latest boat to be intercepted by the Australian Navy….Two other passengers are missing, possibly drowned…
27th April 2009 (9 dead) – off Malaysia
…nine bodies, eight of them Pakistanis, were found floating in the South China Sea off Pengerang
30th April 2009 (5 dead) – off Malaysia
FIVE little Afghan were part of a hazardous trans-continental journey in search of a better life. They didn’t make it.
29th May 2009 (7 dead) – off Indonesia
A WOODEN boat that sank off the coast of Indonesia, killing at least seven passengers, was carrying Afghans who were on their way to Australia, an official says.
Classic left-wing politics. Intentions are always more important than results and consequences.