kimon07 wrote:Paphitis wrote:Therefore, I suggest Greece get urgent assistance from Australia, because they have really been innovative in the way they secure their borders.
You are so right as usual.
Illegal immigration in AustraliaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Unauthorised persons arriving by boat to Australia by calendar year.
Pacific Island processing of illegal boat arrivals (2001–2007)[edit]
Main article: Pacific Solution
The Pacific Solution was the name given to the Australian government policy (2001–2007)
of transporting asylum seekers to detention centres on small island nations in the Pacific Ocean, rather than allowing them to land on the Australian mainland. It had bipartisan support from both the Liberal-National government and Labor opposition at the time. The Pacific Solution consisted of three central strategies. Firstly, thousands of islands were excised from Australia’s migration zone or Australian territory.
Secondly, the Australian Defence Force commenced Operation Relex to interdict vessels carrying asylum seekers. Finally, these asylum seekers were removed to third countries in order to determine their refugee status. There were a number of pieces of legislation supporting this policy. The policy was developed by the Howard government in response to the 2001 Tampa affair and was implemented by then Australian Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock.
Asylum seekers were intercepted at sea while sailing from Indonesia and moved using Australian naval vessels. Detention centres
were set up on Christmas Island, Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, and on the tiny island nation of Nauru. Some were also accepted for processing by New Zealand. Most of the asylum seekers came from Afghanistan (largely of the Hazara ethnic group), Iraq, Iran, China, and Vietnam. The last asylum seekers to be detained on Nauru before the end of the policy had come from Sri Lanka and Myanmar.[5]
Under the Pacific solution, 30 percent were sent home, 43 per cent of asylum seekers resettled from Nauru and Manus Island ended up in Australia. The remaining were settled in other countries.[6]
Abandonment (2007-)
See also: November 2009 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster, 2010 Christmas Island boat disaster, and 2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disasterThe policy was abandoned by the Australian Labor Party government of Kevin Rudd following its election in 2007. Since the abandonment of the border protection policies,
the trade in people smuggling to Australia via illegal boat arrivals has resumed.
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COHEN: Tens of thousands of so-called boat people - often refugees from war-torn areas like Afghanistan, Iraq and Sri Lanka - have arrived on Australia's shores this year alone, usually coming by way of Indonesia in rickety and overcrowded fishing boats. For residents in Husic's electorate, like Eddie McCackley, the migrants are using up valuable social services and public housing…..
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Kimon,
you can see that there was a sharp increase under the Labour Government because Australia began processing illegal immigrants.
The last month has only seen one boat arrival, which means Australia is about to reduce illegal arrivals to zero just like it did before.
It achieves this because the laws provide a massive deterrence. Also, with thousands of kilometers of unprotected coastlines, Australia has had to rely heavily on technology rather than rely solely on the military. The military can't be everywhere. So Australia has invested in things such as Satellites, Jindalee Over the Horizon Radar, Coastwatch and Customs Surveillance Aircraft, Patrol Boats, Surveillance Drones, Primary Radar - air and sea!
The network has turned the entire continent into a fortress. Missiles, Aircraft as small as C172, US Stealth Aircraft, even an 50L floating esky can be picked up (so they say). The Americans actually attempt to enter Australia without clearance with their Stealth Aircraft in order to test their Stealth Technologies against the best Surveillance Systems in the world. They get very upset when they are contacted by Air Traffic Control to identify themselves, lodge a flight plan, and then just to rub it in are intercepted by the Air Force and even engaged.
The Americans get really pissed because they just can't handle it how their Stealth Aircraft are detected up to 4000kms away from Australian Airspace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jindalee_O ... ar_NetworkGreece should look at what Australia can offer to solve its illegal Immigration crisis. Much of the technology can be attained for very little money compared to traditional military spending. There are lots of solutions, and Greece would not need the level of sophistication that Australia requires because of its small area.
Furthermore, Greece will need to exercise its sovereignty in order to do what Australia does. It will have to go against the EU.
It's either that, or you have 3 million illegals everywhere, and the rise of extremism (which is certainly no solution at all), and the country continues to be a basket case of problems. The EU must take more responsibility (which it does not), because the illegals in Greece end up moving to Germany, France, and UK. These countries need to help Greece but there is fat chance of that.
So, send a delegation over to Australia (it will help), and learn from an effective Government that actually solves problems and invests in cutting edge technology and systems to solve problems.
I am being very serious Kimon, and I hope Greece does collaborate with Australia (can't for the life of me think why they haven't done this already) because Greece does have a massive problem on its hands and if they follow the Australian Model, this problem will be eliminated within 12 months.
It is pretty immature of you to be playing these games, which indicates you don't even care for Greece, but would rather some kind of one upmanship over Australia.
Australia has the solutions, so your Greek Government better get off its arse and send people over just to at least study the Australian Model and perhaps even sign some bi lateral cooperation on the issue and implement solutions.
Otherwise, Greece is f@#cked! well and truly.
