Asylum seekers no longer prepared to wait patiently

Scott Millar says asylum seekers are waiting too long for claims to be processed.

LIVING in cramped conditions, not allowed to work, your family forced to exist on handouts, and faced with the prospect of being moved to another part of the country, or much further afield, at a couple of days' notice.

Most of us would find it hard to bear such conditions for a week, but over 6,000 asylum seekers are existing in such a position, some for up to eight years.