BILL Shorten is considering proposals to boost the refugee intake, amid Left faction unrest over military intervention in Iraq.
The Opposition Leader’s move came as the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Glenn Davies, appealed to Tony Abbott “as a Christian leader” to restore the intake to 20,000 a year to help protect Iraqi Christians.
The Coalition cut the intake to 13,750 when it came to power, arguing that the enlarged program sent the “wrong message” to asylum-seekers seeking to come by boat.
Every economic migrant that arrives by sea reduces our refugee intake. Tony has stopped the boats so our ability to accept more real refugees has increased. If these were many Christians it would be a good thing. Our experience after the Lebanese civil war migration has proved the Christian Lebanese to be more value to the country. There are several of their decendents in our national parliament. They are businessmen who have founded successful enterprises and are doing quite well thank you very much. The descendants of the Muslims, on the other hand, have contributed to a blossoming of crime and drug trafficking.