How many asylum seeker boats actually reach Australia undetected?
You hear about asylum seeker boats being intercepted off the coast of Australia almost every week, but how many are estimated to get to Australia undetected?
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You hear about asylum seeker boats being intercepted off the coast of Australia almost every week, but how many are estimated to get to Australia undetected?
None, basically. It’s next to impossible to bypass the Royal Australian Navy, not to mention that landing on our north coast without a prepared connections is just suicidal. You’ll either be in the desert, hundreds of kilometres from the nearest town (or even road), or in the rainforest, which is just crawling with crocodiles and other things looking to kill you. Or in Darwin, which… let’s face it, is hardly more bearable.
Asylum seekers don’t want to get by undetected, they want to be picked up and get onto our soil so they can officially file for asylum. There is a difference between asylum seekers and illegal immigrants.
Not to many the North West of Australia is a hard place and not too many would survive without some kind of help.
It is impossible to know how many are undetected because they are undetected.
I’m with the Bard