Increasing number of Irish working illegally in Australia

George I'm sorry If I misrepresented you,but I do believe you are a little harsh in your assumption. Ireland as part of the EC must allow the free flow of citizens of member states. In regard to other immigrants there are strict rules on entry or you will be returned.As I have stated previously illegal immigration is a global problem caused by poverty/war.The 5 permanent members of the security council manufacture and export over 90% of the worlds military hardware and none of them give a damn how it affects global migration.If these arms manufacturers ceased arming petty despots part of the problem would be solved. If western nations shared the global wealth( which they procure from poor nation)and countries like Mexico lifted the living standards of it's people the world might be a different place.

Georgie's got this one right on the money. From what I'm reading and what you have said seano you may be whistling a different tune about illegals in the near future.

seanomelb: You are mistaken. I don't have any "anti Irish bias". In fact I am the most pro-Irish poster on this site. Only I (and to be fair there are a few others) condemn the policy of importing foreign settlers into this small country, a country whose own youth are abandoning it. It is a form of ethnosuicide and it's inevitable result will be the destruction of the Irish nation as constituted for centuries. Ask an Australian aborigine or a Palestinian whether he thinks Mass Immigration is a good idea. I don't know the population of Australia, but in the case of the USA I can tell you that the Irish Open Door Sure And You're All Welcome immigration policy, if replicated here, would have meant an influx of 60/70 millions in the past decade. The US would not permit such an onslaught, indeed there is no sane nation on earth that would collaborate in the demographic rape that the Irish ruling class has visited on their country. They hate Ireland, and seek to plunder it. I, on the other hand, love Ireland and mourn its self-destruction.

Do not understand your anti Irish bias George.I'm afraid not Maloney about 3000 illegals have arrived from Iraq/Afghanistan by boat(they somehow get to Indonesia) and smuggled by boat into Australia.

I knew good old Georgie could never resist this one! As predictable as moths to the light. Hasn't his ould soap box worn out yet?

maloney - I understand a lot of travelers from places like China and Vietnam arrive in Australia with illegal foodstuffs such as live roaches, monkey meat, elephant testicles etc. The Australian Customs seem to be efficient in catching many of these. Contrast that with the Customs clowns in Dublin, who smile and wave as Chinese walk thru customs with enough ivory to equip a herd of elephants and enough chimp steak for the next ten Chinese New Year parties.

So rooland isn't perfect after all. At least your illegals speak English and go threw customs.

Australia,s unemployment is around 5.4% we have a labour shortage particularly in the state of Western Australia where it stands at about 4%.Our immigration policy is not perfect neither is it a disaster. It is possible to obtain a 2yr. work visa and depending on your profession or trade extensions are granted and most people end up living here.In fact trades are in short supply and it is possible for plumbers,electricians etc. to earn up to $200,000 in the mining states.The safety net is $850 dollars p/wk and the average award rate is around $900.I might add that employer sponsorship is also a good option.some major Employers are sponsoring Asian migrants on limited visas the problem now is they underpay Asians and will not sponsor Europeans or Australians some employers have been charged and hefty finds paid(and back pay with interest paid to the cheated)

We WELCOME the Irish here in Canada..but be mindful of the fact that our unemployment rate stands at 7.4%

I will say this and I may not be very popular but you must realize we in Australia are like the Eastern Europeans in Ireland. We ended up discriminating against them in the Celtic Tiger era. Taking our jobs etc.

where's that Melbourne guy when we need "im?

Australia's immigration policy has been a disaster for the last 50 years. They should grant amnesty to the Irish and give them $500 (AUS) for seed money.

Pittsburghkid: You're right on the money. Why should we feel sympathy for these Irish, when there are lots of jobs in Ireland? The only disagreement I have with you is your reference to "illegal" immigration to Ireland. That's a big problem, but "legal" immigration is an even bigger problem, because the various Irish governments have let vast numbers immigrate legally. In the first five months of 2011, 25.000 legal migrants came into the country, a country where there is supposedly no work and from which its own young people are emigrating in throngs! That's at least a thousand foreign settlers arriving PER WEEK. The inevitable result of these trends was signalled at least five years ago--the Irish will be in an ethnic minority in their own country within two or three decades. The Irish are the only known case of ethnosuicide in the history of the world. I no longer have any sympathy for them--just contempt.

Look at the Big Picture. Ireland is bring illegal immigrants, which lowers wages and forces Irish to migrate illegally. Now you understand why Americans are fighting illegal aliens. Quit calling the American Tea Party racist, and stop illegal migration in Ireland.

given the history of crown transportation to populate that barren land why those with ancestry of those long ago planted don't fight for their own blood types is an indication of dead meathead aussies.