OK I'm wondering where the difference in our views is. I support the way we are currently working, strong border protection with a generous humanitarian refugee resettlement program plus immigration program.
The offshore detention camps are less than ideal, but they are an effective response to people smugglers and a practical response in a far from perfect world.
With 60 odd million refugees and displaced persons globally, the international community of Nations needs to do more, but we are hampered by those leaders who are selfish, uncooperative and often create the problem.
Eg Putin, Syria's dictatorship, Iran's leadership, Mugabe and a stack of African thugs

@MajorMitch: http://ccrweb.ca/en/canada-has-fewer-refugees-capita-many-other-countries

And yes, Ireland disgraceful treatment of asylum seekers is something i campaign against. The direct provision program is horrible and prevent integration and the promotion of human rights.

But you're still whinging about refugees. Guess what, Australia is entirely populated by people who left europe for economic and social reasons (being transported from ireland was a social issue, ie the society didn't want them so they were transporte to aus) What makes these refugees desire to move to aus any less legitimate than your entitlement to be there? Or the aboriginal's entitlement based on their less recent migration?

Migration is the norm, national state boundaries are the more recent invention.

I'm not whining about refugees you cork brained clown.. I simply support an organised way of bringing them here, and strong measures against those who try to cheat the system

We get to choose who comes here and the circumstances in which they come, we won't be dictated to by corrupt criminals who engage in people smuggling

I apologise for the cork brained clown remark..but I am not critical of our emigration and refugee resettlement programs, I support them.
How about you nominate the three or five best and worst performing nations as regards the refugee crisis ( in your opinion )

Our policies are not perfect, so when I say I do not criticise them that's a generalisation

Actually the state I live in was not a penal colony ..it was founded by social Utopians and Germans fleeing religious persecution, but the treatment of the indigineous people was unfair and cruel in most cases

A lot of people personally contribute plenty to the world as well as the US gov't yet they still don't like us