I LIKE Immigrants! (But not all of them)

One of my regular tasks is carrying out medical examinations on prospective immigrants to the great land of Oz, and a very searching medical examination it is too. The contrast between what the Australians are looking for in their immigrants, and what we require from those coming in this direction could hardly be wider. In fact, as far as I can tell, we don't actually require anything of them. As long as they can see lightning and hear thunder, they're in. Right - that's the hand grenade thrown into the fishpond, because where immigration is concerned, it seems almost impossible to pass any comment on it for fear of being set upon by the politically correct, or those belonging to the discrimination industry, but as an issue, it is one that grabs the attention of people in this country more than any other. And yet, people very often don't even dare to mention it because they are afraid to do so. To me, allowing people to come and live in your country is the same as letting people come to live in your house, but on a larger scale. You don't need those who are going to give you problems, and you don't want too many of them. Some basic ground rules should be necessary before allowing them in, but at present seem to be almost completely lacking. The wish to move from one country to another is a perfectly natural aspiration for anyone, but it is surely prudent to run some checks to see whether your prospective new neighbours might be more of a burden to the community rather than an asset. The big gripe of most people is not that they object to people coming to live and work here, but the whole current system (if you can call it that) seems to be an absolute shambles, and some are being allowed in who, whether for health reasons or their disruptive nature would be better excluded. A hefty dose of plain, common sense is long overdue in this most controversial of government policies.