Six months in a leaking boat.

So for some reason Australia thinks “boat people” are a major concern for the country, and these people will ruin our way of life. Get real!
The number of people who turn up to Australia on a boat is a minor blip, not even newsworthy. But for some reason people think that every person who makes it here, is nothing but evil amplified to eleven. Not the case.

Ok, so there might be one or two people who aren’t the most sugar and spice, but they are the minority. But for some reason, people who arrive in this country on a boat are locked up and treated as sub human. Man, woman and child alike.

So here is my plan, let these people out of detention. Yeah, a simple plan I know, but there is a bit more to it.
When people arrive here, give them shelter, medical attention, and check them all over to make sure they are ok. This may take a couple of weeks for tests and the like to come back, and during that time, we can set them up for the next part of their integration into Australian culture.

For the next year, they live in the community, where for a couple of days a week, they attend educational classes, to learn English, and Australian culture and ways of life. For three days a week, they work a job, either for a company, or for the government. There are a lot of jobs out there that give people a sense of self worth. Also being the Australian way, they get to have the weekend off.

After a year, if they have not reached a level where they would be able to self support and be a contribution to society, then they get deported. Its pretty simple. If you commit a crime, or in other words generally being an arsehole. Now I know people will be complaining about the cost of doing this, but surely it would be cheaper than keeping people in detention, not only financially but psychologically as well.

Ok, so there are going to be people who we can just simply not confirm their basic details, and they may be a threat to the country. so put an ankle bracelet on them, and keep a track of these people.

This may all seem like a pretty simple thing, maybe even overly simple. But how about we stop treating people as sub human, and start treating them as people. Let’s take the boat out of boat people, and build a better country.

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  1. I think that’s a really thoughtful, positive, practical, humane, and sensible approach.

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