Thread: Boat Refugees
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Old 06-11-2009, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Ian Robinson View Post
I concur with your assessment .
Ok, so you are saying a person who arives on a plane here for essentially a holiday, who then subsequently recieves an extension to their visa while their claim of asylaum is processed, should feel cheated compared to some poor destitute people in a crappy leaking boat who are iontercepted by a navy ship and are transported to Christmas Islan for 9 to 18 months or more of processing????, sorry but alas that is just another indication of ignorance and lack of understanding of the real issues I am affraid

Mike