Kevin
Rudd, Prime Minister: "Let's just face some facts here. A whole bunch
of people who seek to come to this country are economic migrants, who
are seeking to comport themselves as refugees."
Bob Carr,
Foreign Minister: "Well, there've been some boats where 100 per cent of
them have been people who are fleeing countries where they're the
majority ethnic and religious group, and their motivations is altogether
economic" and "People are coming here, not now as a result of
persecution, but because they’re economic refugees who’ve have paid
money to people smugglers."
Tony Abbott, Leader of the
Opposition: "Four years and he's finally woken up to the fact that the
vast majority of these people are not fair dinkum refugees. They're
economic migrants pure and simple,”
Scott Morrison, Shadow Foreign Minister, concurred with this sentiment today.
http://thehoopla.com.au/mmm-place-nice/
For shame, Rudd. For shame, Carr. For shame, Abbott. For shame, Morrison.
