After years of failing to gain entry into Australia via small wooden boats, a group of 2,500 asylum seekers from the Middle East and Africa have chartered the Ruby Princess to take them directly to central Sydney.
Strolling onto Circular Quay before doing a spot of shopping in The Rocks, many of the asylum seekers said they were kicking themselves they didn’t think about taking a cruise to Australia earlier.
“If only we’d realised years ago that this is how you get into Australia unchecked,” one Afghan family said as they did some sight seeing in the CBD before haling a taxi.
“We used to see those ads that said ‘If you come here by boat you won’t be allowed into Australia’, but we never read the fine-print that said it was ok if you came in a huge international cruise liner.
They said the cruise – which cost them $5,000 including food and entertainment – was cheaper than paying a people smuggler.
Great article. Clear and concisely put. You might have added that Dutton and his black shirts know shit about protecting our borders and keeping us safe. Dutton boasts about that every time he’s got an audience.
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Amen to that !
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Border Farce blames NSW Health as does Scotty the Shonky Salesman and it appears Obergruppenfuhrer Potato, the thug and the parrot. Clearly Scotty doesn’t like Binchicken and bullies her at every opportunity. He cannot like the fact that she shows leadership where he hasn’t a clue.
Amazing though isn’t it. Border Farce and the Black shirts, herded them off the ship, no passport check nothing.
As a side, we have friends on the Vasco da Gama who are due into Fremantle tomorrow,, their cruise to London started mid February, initially they were told they would receive a police escort to the airport. Now its two weeks quarantine on Rottnest before being escorted to the airport.
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Brill comment, Algy.
Obergruppenfuhrer- priceless.
And referring to our premier’s nose like that – magic !
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I hadn’t thought about her beak, more the mangled pronunciation of her surname. Both work.
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