Australia needs more border patrol

An election flyer can mean anything, but election promises are either true or false.

Both Labor and Liberal parties are to blame for the boat people mess, wasted taxes etc.

There is no deliberate falsehood about illegal migrants.

They will come by air, land and sea whether they are sponsored or not to come to any country that will look after them.

My father was an ex-Barnardo boy who left England in 1934 to live and work under sponsorship.

My grandmother was also sponsored to live and work in Australia from England in 1919 when she was married at age 21.

At that time, migration was proper.

I think political figures and dates from the internet and other sources are not in contempt at all.

Processing of these people who arrive on boats will not be processed any faster because of paperwork and assessment of criteria that matches their claims for citizenship.

Therefore, Australia needs to tighten its borders so illegal immigration does not go undetected.

Letter, 29 April 2013

Linda Moverely, Woy Woy