For some, it's backdoor or bust

On ABC Radio the immigration minister, Amanda Vanstone, was in an uncompromising mood. 'Look,' she said, 'you come in the front door, you get a fair and good treatment.' She was talking, of course, about the people she calls illegal immigrants, and her message was that the 14 Kurds who came through the 'back door'---Melville Island---should get back into the queue and wait their turn. If you want to seek asylum in Australia, use the proper channels.