It’s stories like this that send a message that seeking refuge in that country isn’t such a good idea.

On face, “Yeah, we love refugees!”

Below the surface, “And tell your other fucking refugee friends how it’s going to far!”

We’re terrible for it in Australia as well. I get the the argument of people exploiting it, but that’s one person of many others. It shouldn’t take long to figure those ones out while providing actual fucking refuge while figuring out the logistics of finding a place in the population for everyone else. That may take some time, but provide refuge; a safe place is all they wanted after all. That’s the whole point.

My ex was stationed here many years ago. He spoke fondly of all the Filipino workers that lived on the island. He never mentioned asylum seekers. So either it was long before they aren’t or they are not near the military base. The island is not big though. I would imagine any reports of a sailor messing with civilians would not be well received by the navy.