Xsess
Norm Smith Medallist
Do people really think that these people flee a war and persecution, travel through countries like Iran, Syria and Iraq with bugger all money, give everything they have to criminals to escape camps, take ridiculous risks at sea, and risk indefinite detention (and much worse)... to 'abuse' centrelink?
Yes. That is a big part of why they travel across the globe. If it was just about securing their "safety" then they could stop at the first safe refuge they come across. But no, our welfare system makes it worth the effort to "give everything they have to criminals to escape camps, take ridiculous risks at sea, and risk indefinite detention". When they arrive they have infinate knoweldge of how our welfare system works and that the charade of "processing" is window dressing to appease a horrified Austarlian public. They are guaranteed "ins". Then the gravy train of welfare perpetuates generation after generation..