Off topic I know but if you are referring to the asylum seekers who travel to Australia on ricketty boats, they are not 'illegals' as so many think and secribe especially the shock jocks and tabloid TV and newspapers.
It's a popular misconception but boat people are not illegals as they come seeking asylum. The real 'illegals' are those who enter through our primary airports, overstay their visae, and then take jobs from Australians. It is this latter group against whom officialdom and society generally should be railing.
Ken, perhaps you know this because you have been to Darwin plane spotting and inadvertently picked up a boat transmission on your trusty scanner?? I bet you fainted out of excitement, possibly even stained your zipper !!!