Quoting "Michael Scott" <mds@inoz.net>
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Petros Petros.Listig@fdrive.com.au wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_refugee_population
(47th here, and the "native per refugee" statistics value of 1003 does not make us a frontrunner either).
Interesting that according to the Wikipedia table our refugee population is just over 23,000, and our refugee intake was, at the time, 20,000. Is that per annum?
It is from the UNHRC so it will be most likely counting "unprocessed" refugees - backlog and new arrivals. The official government statistics are here: https://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/asylum/ The last statistics are from June 2013. Since when we have the angry shouting man from the Shire that seems to be that silent on facts. He is above scrutiny from the public now it seems. As our PM is in this point either. Google for the ABC interview at ABC Lateline one or two months ago: "No information. No information. No information" How many boats? How many people? At one stage he was asked about a boat reportedly back on the way to Australia because Indonesia did not take it. "Did the government buckle?", the reporter asked, just to be lectured not to use "loaded language". What? Abbott telling others what "loaded language" is? WTF? We are relying on Indonesian reports, volunteers and media to figure out who is coming. Howard said: "WE decide who is coming" - Now we are not even have the right to know who is arriving. I do not have a clue how we can consider this normal. The Americans spied on captured German soldiers. They found out that older ones where more sceptical and critical about Hitler. The younger ones, raised under the Nazis were more fanatical Nazis. It took 12 years to get rid of the Third Reich. Enough to have a full generation of fanatical Nazis. It is 12 years since Tampa, 12 years of public refugee bashing, stop the boats and all that sh**. My kids have never heard anything else from our politicians. Carl's "Australia has already accepted more refugees than (most) other countries" is probably born like this. 12 years of misinformation is breeding these misconceptions. I do not accept that being the norm. Regards Peter