Quoting "Carl Turney" <carl@boms.com.au>

If Australia has already accepted more refugees than (most) other countries (based on our respective ecological and financial capacities):

Carl, that is not true. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-06-21/australia-ranks-46th-in-refugee-intake... "Australia ranks 46th in refugee intake table" 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). Regards Peter