Yes,you are very accurate.We are going to pay big time in the future.
Many are infected with diseases, including HIV, and because they are seeking asylum they are granted entry.They can potentially kill Australian citizens, and there is also the enormous cost of caring for these infected people.
There are African black gangs, Samoan gangs,Lebanese gangs and soon Indian and Srilankan gangs.On top of all this the billions of taxpayers dollars to feed heal and clothe these individuals.
I would suggest they are not refugees, bearing in mind they found the cost of an airfare out of Srilanka,paid people smugglers 10,000 US dollars a head to get on the leaky boat.
Rudd is very guarded about this issue,he will squirm and twist and he knows in his heart that they will come in to Australia under cover of darkness, courtesy of the Australian taxpayers and that's when the big dollars start going into dirty pockets.