The Boats Keep On Arriving Poem by Francis Duggan

They come in boats the boats seem over crowded the poor unwanted from Lands far away
Only to be taken to detention centres and told that in this Land you cannot stay
To come this far they've sold all of their worldly possessions and for rejection a huge price they pay
But still the refugee boats coming southwards and more and more arriving every day.

The authorities do not make them feel welcome and the message given to them is quite clear
In our Country of your type far too many you must go back you are not welcome here
You have entered this Land of ours illegally and we will not
give sympathy to you
You have come here without i.d. or passports and you have jumped the immigration queue.

And every day the boats keep on arriving the crowded boats that bring the refugees
From Countries where human rights are non existent ravaged by wars, droughts, famines and disease
Lands bombed by foreign powers for selfish reasons the victims of man's inhumanity
Are coming south in boat loads in their thousands from war torn distant Lands beyond the sea.

The Government build new detention centres these people must
not be shown sympathy
We cannot be seen to be soft on such a matter they have entered our Land illegally
And though we supported those who bombed their Country for the displaced we are not obliged to care
And if they come here then we will deport them they can go back home or go to live elsewhere.