If illegals were shot crossing the border, none of this would be happening today.
MSM makes much of Australia involved in drafting the Compact, but that was when we had the previous Prime Minister, not this one, who is listening to the public a bit more:
21 Nov: news.com.au: (Australian Prime Minister Scott) Morrison pulls UN migration pact support
Australia won’t be signing a UN-sponsored document on safe and orderly migration because Scott Morrison says it would compromise the country’s borders.
by Daniel McCulloch
Scott Morrison is following in Donald Trump’s footsteps by refusing to sign a non-binding migration agreement which Australia helped draft...
But the prime minister says the UN pact would compromise Australia’s border security and immigration settings.
“It doesn’t distinguish between those who illegally enter Australia and those who come the right way,” he told 2GB radio on Wednesday.
“I would never allow something to compromise our borders, I worked too hard to ensure that we weren’t in that position.”...
The Refugee Council of Australia lashed out at the prime minister’s “nonsense” excuses for refusing to sign the agreement.
“Australia will join a small group of governments which are each trying to appeal to, or appease, minority far-right political movements within their countries,” its chief executive Paul Power said.
“It is hard to see the Australian government’s decision as anything other than posturing for some political gain, as the facts do not align with the prime minister’s claims.”...
The US, Israel, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia, Hungary and Bulgaria have also refused to sign the agreement...
(Home Affairs Minister Peter) Dutton said Australia had stopped boat arrivals and drownings at sea through hardline border protection policies.
“We’re not going to surrender that, we want our sovereignty to remain intact,” he said...
https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/morrison-shuns-un-covenant-on-migration/news-story/9d44ce64244455f85c5ad0416d29aaec