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To: factoryrat
What’s with all of the arabic in that flyer?

Australia distributes these flyers around the world in all of the countries that tend to produce 'asylum seekers' (whether they are genuine refugees or not). So they are localised for local languages. That particular one was the best example I could find online to share, and happens to be one that is distributed in Pakistan, so it has the common languages of Pakistan repeating the same information as is in English at the top.

On a different note, if I, as an english speaking American, with skills useful to you and your fellow Australians, washes up on shore for some odd reason (wink-wink), can I claim refugee status?

Quite seriously, no. If somebody tries to come here illegally, they will not be allowed to stay. Even if they have useful skills.

We do have programs that allow skilled migration by those who have skills we want, but those people have to follow the right processes.

Australia is a nation of immigrants - tens of thousands of people immigrate to Australia each year and if they follow our rules, they are welcome. But they have to follow our rules.

And that is what this is about. The distinction between legal immigration and illegal.

It's not easy to immigrate to Australia - just as it isn't easy to immigrate to the US. We don't just let anybody in. We let those in with the skills we want and need, and we do consider how well they will integrate (Americans would generally be assumed to integrate quite easily because of a similar culture and language). We also do accept some genuine refugees - but they have to have followed the rules concerning seeking asylum in those cases.

8 posted on 07/22/2015 2:50:58 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975
I understand and respect your immigration rules (just a little tongue in cheek humor). I wouldn't actually pursue that route (unless the US went to hell in a handbasket tomorrow, and flight was preferable to a horrible death).

What I found interesting is that your country has to distribute those flyers as far away as Pakistan!

All in all, interesting to say the least.

11 posted on 07/22/2015 3:16:44 PM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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