Australia likes foreigners

Babies are the major increase in the Australian population. These babies are not contributing to the economy! Apparently they get taxpayer money in the form of a "baby bonus" the year they arrive! They are unskilled, have no intention of seeking employment, can't speak the language, ignore our customs and will eventually compete for our jobs! Do you realise how much it will cost to train these guys and the resources they will consume in the meantime? Send them back to where they came from I say!

July 2008 to June 2009 settler arrivals, by country of birth

Country of birth	Nr Imm	%
New Zealand	33034	31.11%
United Kingdom	21567	20.31%
India	16909	15.92%
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	14935	14.07%
Philippines	5619	5.29%
Iraq	4008	3.77%
Sri Lanka	3918	3.69%
Malaysia	3261	3.07%
Burma (Myanmar)	2931	2.76%
TOTAL	106182	100.00%

So immigrants are mostly New Zealanders and Poms. And they get employed reasonably quickly (as opposed to those freeloading babies). Certainly better than most locally brewed Australians.

Unemployment rates of immigrants to Australia
http://www.immi.gov.au/media/fact-sheets/14labour.htm

Migrant Categories	Six months after arrival	18 months after arrival
Business skills/ENS/RSMS	3%	1%
Concessional Family/SAL	16%	4%
Former Overseas Student	9%	3%
Independent	11%	2%
Family	20%	6%

Australian unemployment rate: 5.3% 

http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/6202.0?opendocument#from-banner=LN

Debunking the myths about asylum seekers 

Deporting to danger

"Boat people" immigration is driven by external forces, not actually local policy (Push vs Pull). And the number of arrivals is currently very low, certainly relative to the Howard era - but that was driven by external events. Remember John Howard more than doubled Australia's immigration intake.