Initially I Thought it was a Joke

[Pat ex]

Did you read the rest of the paragraph? The outlier in 2021, is fully explained.

I selected the data that was available for the most recent full year. There was no careful selection.
It isn't an outlier period, just the latest of the trend, which is obvious from the preceding year's data.

How many of the 50,297 boat arrivals were granted asylum in the last 4 years?:

A more than 70%
B less than 10%

If you need a hint, it's not A.

Your question is a typical question designed to illicit the required response. It's very much in the same vein as Mottie's typically carefully selected criteria.
The reason for the few numbers of successful applications is because the vast majority are still pending.

Between January 2018 and June 2022, there were 50,297 small boat arrivals, of whom 94% applied for asylum (47,306), 91% as main applicants (43,066).

Of the main applicants, 82% were awaiting an initial decision on their application (35,322),

from your link

That suggests two things:
1 the process is slow and not fit for purpose. Who's fault is that?
2. The process is intentionaly protracted in order to give the government time to think up a new excuse to deny the applicants success.

 

[Pat ex]

somersaults and squealing of the under 25s if that was brought in over here. Y

I "read somewhere" that they learn which groups get easy access, so some "choose" those identities.
They have no papers.
How true I don't know, but I'd adopt an oppressed religion or grouping it if I though it would help.

Saying your fleeing from homosexual persecution gets you up the ladder of 'opportunity'

Strictly speaking, and under the current criteria, I'd suggest that the vast majority of the Iranian population would be eligible for asylum.
The females due to religious oppression, and such a reason for asylum would be difficult to deny Their families would also be entitled because they are entitled to a family life, so their partners, dependents and parents can also apply.

On that basis one could argue that the refugees charter is poorly designed for today's world, and that would be an intelligent argument. But to blame refugees for fleeing persecution, war, famine, etc is pure xenophobia.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Regardless of your views on this, one thing can't be denied, what a complete and utter f**k up our governments are in terms of dealing with the situation. I've concluded they're either completely and utterly incompetent, or there's a hidden agenda that we the masses are not privy to.

The whole thing's a complete and utter f**k up.

I think that covers it