Sen Gerard Rennick: People who can afford to pay people smugglers are not refugees

Recently the Greens moved a motion in the Senate arguing Australia doesn’t do enough for refugees.

Australia has a very generous refugee policy accepting 20,000 refugees a year. It’s much higher than other First world countries, based on population.

It’s even more generous based on our incredibly high immigration rate that is turning Australians into refugees in their own country.

And I quote:

“We don't need statisticians to tell us Australia has a population problem.

Just drive across any major city where clogged roads, ramped hospitals and crowded shopping centres are testament to successive governments' failures to address what will soon be Australia's No.1 issue.

The figures are mind-blowing. After years of an already-generous immigration intake of around 190,000 per annum, the current federal government permitted 923,000 new migrants to call Australia home over the past two years, with 550,000 last year alone.

That's a 3 per cent population increase when 2 per cent is a global red flag.

Worryingly, Brisbane's population grew by a staggering 3.1 per cent last year. Can't find an affordable home to buy or rent? Can't find a parking space? Longer commutes to and from work? Now you know why.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFgO7arjZJA