Australia goes two years without illegal boat arrival

news.com.au ^ | 26th July 2016 | Daniel Meers

[naturalman1975]

AUSTRALIA has officially gone two years without people smugglers successfully bringing an ­illegal boat into the country.

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The government’s uncompromising turnback policy has led to 28 boats being turned around, with 700 people on board, since Operation Sovereign Borders was implemented when the Coalition came to power in 2013.... nobody has died at sea during the operation.

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It is stark contrast to the 50,000 people who arrived illegally on more than 800 boats during six years of Labor. More than 1200 people died at sea during the period.....

[2banana]

I like that wall...

[marktwain]

Border control works.

Good for you, Australia.

[naturalman1975]

It is easier for us to secure our border than it is for the US - but anybody who argues that choosing to do so and making the political stand to say “No!” doesn’t make a huge difference just has to look at the example here.

And the best thing about it is that it is compassionate and humane as well. This policy is stopping people from risking their lives and losing their lives in often dangerous crossings.

[Graybeard58]

AUSTRALIA has officially gone two years without people smugglers successfully bringing an ­illegal boat into the country.

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That they know of.

[WENDLE]

We will shut it down and send illegals back by the millions— very soon. God Bless Donald!!

[r_barton]

We should copy Australia and build a moat. Or at least build a moat in front of the wall, just to make sure. ;-)

[naturalman1975]

It isn’t absolutely impossible for a small boat to get to Australia from Indonesia without being detected but it is not likely - and there were hundreds coming between 2009 and 2013 so even if a handful have got through, the policy would have been overwhelmingly successful.

[gaijin]

I think it’s Indonesia that simply TOWS THEM FURTHER OUT TO SEA..?

I think everyone should do that.

[gigster]

How do they Know that?

[fireman15]

What a concept! You mean that if government policies don’t provide incentives to come illegally, people stop coming?

[Dirt for sale]

It isn’t fair though; they have man eating sharks and poisonous jellyfish to help them along. Our Mexican border, for example. Emus trained to go for the eyes would stop that shit in a hurry. But no, Feds tell border control to stand down and they do. Mexico has already made it clear that the door does not swing both ways. Time to train some big ass birds.

[naturalman1975]

Highly sophisticated radar networks that make it very hard for boats large enough to attempt the crossing over considerable distances to do so without being detected, coupled with intelligence operations in the countries the boats come from that are good at identifying people smuggling operations. And Naval and Air Force and Border Force patrols by sea and air as well.

We're dealing with a lot of ocean these people need to cross and it's not incredibly busy so there's not a lot of other traffic to hide their approach which takes several days.

[naturalman1975]

Yes, that's the biggest reason for success. No mincing words:

[dennisw]

I hear Australia is being flooded by legal Asian immigrants so say goodby to Euro-Australia in two-three decades. White people are not allowed to have their own nations. Chinese can. Indians can. Japanese can....but not whites. Not in Germany, Not in Australia, not anywhere.

[naturalman1975]

Australia has a pretty high immigration rate, but there are just as many from 'European' countries (in particular the UK and New Zealand) as there are from Asia (mostly India and China).

I agree with the sentiment that it seems that multiculturalism is something we are supposed to want when many other countries don't, but we're not being flooded - maybe in a century, this might be close to being an Asian country, if things don't change, but it's not going to happen in a few decades.

[dennisw]

Hope so and good luck. For sure you are keeping out the boaters/mostly Muslims asylum seekers who were not a plus for Australia.

[Oztrich Boy]

Well yes, but to do this unknown, they have to not be seen.
Australian Customs has a dozen aircraft with SAR Radar operating

Which is why most if not all are intercepted at sea.

Second the N Australian cost is inhospitable and a long way from Indonesia so SIEV Vessels tend to make for Offshore islands: Either Christmas Island, which is the main offshore processing centre, or Ashmore and Cartier Islands, where ACV Ashmore Guardian is on station 330 days a year

Both these options result in denied entry, forever (or until Labor/Green get back in government)

[alexander_busek]

"AUSTRALIA has officially gone two years without people smugglers successfully bringing an ­illegal boat into the country."

That they know of.

Yeah, and likewise: "Nobody has died at sea during the operation" - that they know of.

Regards,

[Aetius]

The United States and Europe should take note. A no compromise policy against illegal immigration is the only way to stop it, or at least seriously reduce it.