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Pack 'em off Ruddock - and be quick about it!

There have now been two nights of rioting and destruction in the asylum- seeker detention centre at Woomera that have left a bill of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Four buildings have been burned down - among them a brand spanking new eating hall - and nine others damaged by fire after disturbances at the centre. One report had a computer room being set on fire. Computers?!? In a detention centre?!? Wonder what the connection speed's like?

More than a dozen staff were treated for smoke inhalation and an aid group is worried about how the just under 300 kids in the centre are coping?

Good question. How are the little ones dealing with a situation where they are scared witless by late-night riots and arson and then find they've nowhere to sleep or eat?

Just how manipulative and bolshie are the centre's occupants?

Okay, they've been locked up for a long time while their cases are heard and investigated. I'd be damn ratty too - however, trying to bully the government of the country I am trying to become a citizen of into giving me visas ain't quite the way of going about it.

"Hello Mr Visa Applicant, what's your claim to fame?"

"Give me a visa or I'll burn my house down, shave my beard off and chop off my feet and a hand."

"I see, need hot water? Super Deluxe Shaving Foam for Heavy Growth? A razor?"

"Just get me them you evil Australian Immigration Type. I had better treatment in Iraq."

"Just a few more questions Mr Applicant, gee you look very handsome without a beard. Ooooh, and a foot .... err, two feet. Here, mind where you leave that hand!"

"Do I get a visa now evil Australian Immigration Type?"

"Well, no, you see you can't work without two feet and a hand and so you'll be on the pension - and we can't let you in. Sorry. Nice chin, though."

And that's what should happen. All of the asylum seekers in Woomera should now be placed at the bottom of the selection list. The ring leaders and perpetrators of the violence and arson - and their families, extended families and dogs - should never be allowed to become residents of Australia.

Australians who commit arson and vandalism cop the courts (unless they are from a broken home, have a drug problem, no job, appalling bad breath .... you know the sob stories) and suffer the consequences. There are enough of them here to worry about, let alone importing feral cases from abroad.

No normal person would want madmen and firebugs living across the road so pack 'em off Ruddock and be quick about it.

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