This is how Australians are supposedly treating refugees...

[Tyrone Biggums]

Not sure you wanna go down that road. About 80% of residents in Geelong are Australian born, For a city that size, that is a pretty narrow demograph. Added to which the next most popular birthplace for the population of Geelong is England , then Italy, Croatia, Netherland and Scotland in descending order. With Catholicism far and away being the majority religion. Hardly teaching the world to sing are you! To give that some perspective, in London only 63% of the population are British born.

haha not sure you should go down that road.

Not sure why you are comparing us to London however. Let's compare Geelong to Brighton, both seaside towns that became cities with similar populations.

Oh look, Geelong has a larger foreign born population than Brighton.

Brighton: 16 per cent of our city’s residents (approximately 42,885 people) were estimated to be non-UK born.

What were you saying? Your singing is rubbish.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Being an Immigrant myself i have met many other immigrants who in my experience have a wide range of views on this subject, as do those australian born here. I see no corrolation between being an immigrant and disliking asylum seekers. I have also not read of anyone else claiming such a correlation (until now)

You are basing your assumption that in Australia immigrants are more anti asylum seekers than true blue aussies based on a sample of the people you met growing up who have expressed an opinion on it?

Hardly a sociological study is it. Until I see some evidence for this claim i will take it with a pinch of salt.

Well that's how I take all the left wing groups ramblings on "refugees", with a truck load of salt.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Tell me, what percentage of Australians are black? It's probably not even 1%, as you don't let black people into the country. You might have less conflict, because you don't have a multicultural society.

Have you visited Oz?

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

If that's all that happened, this thread wouldn't be here. This thread was about people being mistreated, not about boats being turned away.

It's all part of the issue. With no boats arriving once they finally sort out those still in the camps out we'll be able to close them down. Win/win.

Firstly, that's incorrect. When someone is saying complete nonsense, they will, from time to time, get laughed at. Secondly, I have offered plenty of points in other posts.

Well given the utter nonsense you've followed up with you're hardly one to call others out on nonsense.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Have you visited Oz?

He thinks there's no blacks out here so I'm going with no.

 

[Triggaaar]

At the time of the UK census, conducted in April 2001, 8.3 per cent of the country's population were foreign-born. This was substantially less than that of major immigration countries such as Australia (23 per cent)

Yeah, no multiculturalism here.

Right, so when we have black or Asian people born in the UK, that doesn't count as multiculturalism, but when Australia let some more white people in, that does

Admit you've got no idea what you're on about

92% of Australians are white, and 7% Asian. 87% of UK citizens are white, and 80% of Americans are white.

Black people have been rioting in the US because of the inequality there. You're trying to pretend that people must be being treated more equally in Australia because they're not rioting. They're not rioting because you don't let them in in the first place!

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

All Europeans then.

Surprise surprise.

Not just Euros, but they are the most vocal.

 

[The Clamp]

haha not sure you should go down that road.

Not sure why you are comparing us to London however. Let's compare Geelong to Brighton, both seaside towns that became cities with similar populations.

Oh look, Geelong has a larger foreign born population than Brighton.



What were you saying? Your singing is rubbish.

I was talking your experience in Geelong and my experience in London.

Oh dear, your comeback wasn't quite the zinger you hoped for eh!

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Right, so when we have black or Asian people born in the UK, that doesn't count as multiculturalism, but when Australia let some more white people in, that does

Erhm nobody said you weren't multicultural. It was said Australia has more of it. Given the statistics suggest that Australia has far more foreign born citizens than the UK that would be the case.

Can you not follow a discussion?

92% of Australians are white, and 7% Asian. 87% of UK citizens are white, and 80% of Americans are white.

Black people have been rioting in the US because of the inequality there. You're trying to pretend that people must be being treated more equally in Australia because they're not rioting. They're not rioting because you don't let them in in the first place!

"white" is a rather silly way to make your arguement. I mean Asyrians for example are from the middle east, they are also "white" so your statistics prove absolutely zero when it comes to "multiculturalism".

How exactly would we stop certain ethnic groups from rioting in the first place?

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

I was talking your experience in Geelong and my experience in London.

Oh dear, your comeback wasn't quite the zinger you hoped for eh!

And your comparisons weren't exactly the hammer blow you'd hoped for.

Interesting though that Melbourne a highly multicultural city constantly wins most livable city in the world.

Guess we're doing something right down here.

 

[beorhthelm]

"white" is a rather silly way to make your arguement. I mean Asyrians for example are from the middle east, they are also "white" so your statistics prove absolutely zero when it comes to "multiculturalism".

not half as stupid as claiming immigrant numbers show multiculturalism, when you know full well most are from Europe, with the only cultural diversity which version of Christianity they believe.

 

[Triggaaar]

Not sure why you are comparing us to London however. Let's compare Geelong to Brighton, both seaside towns that became cities with similar populations.

Geelong became a city with a population of under 30,000. Brighton became a city with a population of over 250,000. The population of Geelong has doubled since I've been alive, while Brighton's population has risen much more slowly, so it makes sense that Geelong has a larger foreign born population.

It's all part of the issue. With no boats arriving once they finally sort out those still in the camps out we'll be able to close them down. Win/win.

But this thread was started because people are being treat inhumanely, and you seem happy to suggest that's a good thing.

Well given the utter nonsense you've followed up with you're hardly one to call others out on nonsense.

Pick one of my post and prove it's nonsense.

He thinks there's no blacks out here so I'm going with no.

So are you saying this site is wrong: http://www.indexmundi.com/australia/demographics_profile.html

Looks like less than 1% of your population is black. Are you suggesting that because you've seen some black people where you live, then it must be more than 1%?

 

[sydney]

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/08/australia-abuse-neglect-of-refugees-on-nauru/


https://www.theguardian.com/law/201...p-to-criticise-australias-human-rights-record

http://www.pri.org/stories/2012-11-23/nauru-refugee-camp-appalling-says-rights-group

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/...res-refugee-abuse-report-160803035220923.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-31827074

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/our-d...cruel-and-must-be-closed-20160504-golr04.html

http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/33587

sort yer own shit out eh...!!......we have got 220 million potential financial refugees a couple of hundred k's to our north.......as long as it's making international news then the actions of the immigration dept. are having the desired effect.

 

[The Clamp]

And your comparisons weren't exactly the hammer blow you'd hoped for.

Interesting though that Melbourne a highly multicultural city constantly wins most livable city in the world.

Guess we're doing something right down here.

Well, if we just take you and your fervent anti refugee stance and highlight that you live in one of the most mono-cultural cities in the world, as do many, not just you, no singling out here, I would say you trying to accuse others of not experiencing immigrants is probably a tad hypocritical and quite uninformed.

I would also add that your attitude towards the plight of the refugees in your country's care and the apparent abuse and condition your country is inflicting on them, has done nought to dissolve the image a lot of people have of Australians as a rather intolerant bunch. Rightly or wrongly.

Your attitude really has been one of "Yeah, **** 'em. They can always **** off"

and why throw Melbourne into the mix? By all accounts a lovely city indeed. A credit to Australia. But this is the same Australia that gave us Kevin Bloody Wilson so let's not break out the Fosters just yet.

 

[BadFish]

Well, if we just take you and your fervent anti refugee stance and highlight that you live in one of the most mono-cultural cities in the world, as do many, not just you, no singling out here, I would say you trying to accuse others of not experiencing immigrants is probably a tad hypocritical and quite uninformed.

I would also add that your attitude towards the plight of the refugees in your country's care and the apparent abuse and condition your country is inflicting on them, has done nought to dissolve the image a lot of people have of Australians as a rather intolerant bunch. Rightly or wrongly.

Only the immigrants are intolerant apparently.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

To be fair, It was Brits who done for the aboriginals to begin with and the Aussie government has passed many multiculturism acts and does, in theory, promote ethnic diversity and provide constitutional protection for ethnic minorities. It doesn't really play out that way in practice.

HAVE YOU WATCHED ROMPER STOMPER ??
regards
DR

 

[The Clamp]

HAVE YOU WATCHED ROMPER STOMPER ??
regards
DR

Indeed I have. Harrowing. I imagine you have watched it many times.

 

[sydney]

Tell me, what percentage of Australians are black? It's probably not even 1%, as you don't let black people into the country. You might have less conflict, because you don't have a multicultural society.

bollocks...!! utter bollox.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

not half as stupid as claiming immigrant numbers show multiculturalism, when you know full well most are from Europe, with the only cultural diversity which version of Christianity they believe.

I don't know that. We've had a massive influx of Indians in the last 10-20 or so years which coincided with the arrival of a lot of Sudanese refugeess and the obligatory steady flow of Chinese immigrants.

You're also showing your ignorance by stating that because someone is from Europe there is no multi-culturalism at play.

I'm pretty sure when all thsoe Italians and Greeks arrived in the 500's there was quite a lot of cultural differences seperating the different groups of people.

Interestingly enough the Vietnamese/Chinese actually assimilated quicker into the existing culture than many Europeans did/do.

 

[carlzeiss]

http://www.indexmundi.com/australia/demographics_profile.html