mattmcleod2

The answer to all this is not easy. I believe a very small percentage of these people are legitimate refugees however I also believe there are people abusing the system and trying to gain easy access to Australia. I have an English friend who has been trying to get Permission to live in Australia as her daughter lives here but with still no success. She would be fully self supported and never ask the government for a cent. You never hear about this sort of thing though because she understands there is a process At some point if Australia accepted every single person that arrived by boat we would eventually have 2 major problems. The first being that at some point the country would be spending billions upon billions of dollars allowing people to stay here to the point where financially as a country the burden would be to great. Secondly for our own safety and yes I am not being dramatic we have to screen the "refugees" to make sure they are who they say. I have problems with the ways both side of politics handle it but there is no one easy solution and Harpodom if you have a solution I would love to hear it. There has to be a balance of helping genuine refugees and sending the rest back so that they do not burden Australia's economic future

Hey Cheska, I have worked in the backpackpacking industry for 4 years and I would advise you to do your own research. No one can guarantee you a job. All they will probably do is provide you with phone numbers of possible employers. Farm work is never easy but if you don't need lots of money then look at Woofing. Places like Coffs Harbour have blueberry picking which is not great but normally has a lot of ongoing work. Places like work and travel in Sydney although not perfect are reasonably priced to help you get things like bank accounts etc.