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Originally Posted by Ab
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"Boat person" is a media label, it means nothing.
An asylum seeker is someone who seeks visa-less entry into the country by being legally classified as a refugee. The term would make more sense if it were "refugee-status seeker" but yeah.
Key point: it's not illegal, and Australia is a signatory to numerous UN conventions that require it to treat asylum-seekers humanely. But, you know, election time and I am not a racist but gotta keep the darkies out mate, dey tuk er jerb oi oi oi.
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Hang on, I thought there was a process where in registered displaced people in foreign countries were granted refugee status in Australia, and transported there, and are permanent residents once they arrive. There is a set number of people that they are willing to take this way. (and NZ does exactly the same, just fewer people because we're smaller).
Conversely, 'boat people' are people attempting to skirt this system and hope that by arriving on the shores on the target country and requesting asylum status, they will be allowed to stay in the country as permanent residents.
So the first one is an accepted system where in people are granted residency prior to arrival, and is legal, the second is illegally attempting to force Australia to accept them because they've shown up and 'have a heart'? Are you saying both are equally legal ways to attempt residency status?