Ken they may well have been refugees when they fled in 'terror' from 'persecution' in, for example, Afghanistan into say, Pakistan. By the time they transit through Malaysia and Indonesia and then throw their paperwork overboard enroute to Ashmore Reef
they are illegal!!!
Just how many countries does a refugee have to transit before it becomes obvious they are shopping for a better life rather than fleeing persecution?
Make it perfectly clear that if you arrive illegally you don't get 1 dollar of support, let alone the avalanche of money thrown at boat people, and watch the 'refugee' flow into Australia dry up overnight.
Only an idiot would hold up SBS as the final word on illegal immigration.
