More boat people arrive off West Australia's shores
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (339930)
Rockingham, Australia
February 19, 2024 6:46pm CST
In my opinion, Australia doesn’t take in enough refugees but, having said that, I’ve mentioned to a few myLotters that I’m glad we’re an island. Anyone wishing to come here has to come by air or sea and the authorities take great pains to police all avenues of arrival.
At one point, we had a lot of ‘boat people’ arriving illegally along the west coast but the number is now negligible. There are also a lot of Indonesian fishing boats which operate illegally in Australian waters, and desperate would-be immigrants employ fishermen to bring them to our coasts. No-one would undertake such a journey without very good reason.
Last Friday, three groups of men from Pakistan and Bangladesh were found wandering in the bush near Beagle Bay, on the Dampier Peninsula, 2,151 kilometres from Perth, 2,000 km from Darwin but only 70 km from Indonesia’s Rote Island. Beagle Bay, a former Catholic mission, has an indigenous community of less than 400 but is open to the public. The main tourist attraction is the little church, the interior of which is adorned in mother-of-pearl shell.
The men were expecting to be dropped off near a city but instead found themselves on a remote beach. They were picked up by chance and could easily have perished in the harsh conditions. They have been taken to a processing facility on Nauru and most likely they will never be allowed to settle in Australia. It’s all very sad.
The sunset photo is not from that area.
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@AmbiePam (92711)
• United States
20 Feb
That IS sad. As you probably know already, America is bursting at the seams with illegal immigrants. We gets a lot of legal immigrants fair and square, who came to live here the right way. However, too many are creating an absolute crisis, and our President has let it get to an all time low point.
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
20 Feb
I know Judy, this is all very sad. We see people reaching the Italian coastline in too small boats every day. They come from Africa and they try (from Italy) to freely move through the others European states. May die in the sea when their boats sink. We should help those countries so that people do not need to go away.
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@RebeccasFarm (89882)
• Arvada, Colorado
20 Feb
That photo is wondrous Judy.
Australia doesn't mess around with invaders.
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@RebeccasFarm (89882)
• Arvada, Colorado
22 Feb
@JudyEv Ah well Judy, you know I do not hate any people really, but all the services are shutting down in Denver..rec centers, libraries, parks..they have no money at all with feeding these invaders..and the taxpayers are furious.
In the end, here, we are all in the same boat, the destitute and the 'migrants, the same..we are all being grouped into one category if you know what I mean..
I am not a conspiracy person, but it would be hard to not see what is happening here.
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@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Feb
@RebeccasFarm I hear what you're saying and it doesn't sound harsh. I'd be saying the same if we were overrun with immigrants.
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@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
20 Feb
That's a pity. America is overrun with illegal immigrants. That's a pretty photo. Have a good day.
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@Beestring (14554)
• Hong Kong
20 Feb
That's sad, I wonder where the Australian authority will take these men to eventually.
That's a beautiful photo.
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@snowy22315 (180678)
• United States
20 Feb
Thank the Lord you don't have the terrible immigration problems we have here.It is good they were found before they perished though.
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@FourWalls (68000)
• United States
20 Feb
Your government has a lot of “first people” or indigenous peoples to care for first. Just like our government does. My opinion.
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@FourWalls (68000)
• United States
21 Feb
@JudyEv — “compassion” and “government” have never been comparable. Before the Great Depression the churches did all of the “relief” work in the U.S. (Personally, I think they need to get back to that instead of building churches the size of small towns [you wouldn’t believe the size of the one I passed in Memphis the other day!], but that’s me…)
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@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Feb
@FourWalls I agree too. There is a monstrosity near my sister's place. It's beautiful really but you know what I mean. Heaven knows how many hungry people the money might have fed.
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@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Feb
We do have some nationalities which are opposed to each other and which form gangs and fight each other.
@dgobucks226 (35608)
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25 Feb
Australia can take some of our illegal immigrants. We have over 20 million to spare. 
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@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Mar
@dgobucks226 There needs to be some controls but with open boundaries, entry must be hard to restrict.
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@dgobucks226 (35608)
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1 Mar
@JudyEv At one time we were choosy too. Immigrants were fully vetted before being admitted. This has changed to a drastic degree under our current President and his administration.
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@RasmaSandra (79851)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Feb
There just has to be some kind of a better solution for immigrants, It always seems they cannot go back and they cannot go forward so where do governments expect them to go?????
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 Feb
It’s surprising that people from Pakistan would journey all the way to Australia instead of trying to emigrate to Europe.
The refugee problem seems to be getting out of hand all over the world.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Feb
@JudyEv It’s all part of the great plan to take over the world and spread radical Islam. Lol
Serious, they’re probably told all kinds of things and empty promises about a better life. Maybe they’re even telling them they are taking them to the US.
@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Feb
I know America gets a great many illegal immigrants. It's a big problem all over the world.
