Also, this argument would hold a lot more weight if the conservative party didn’t consistently attempt to make the legal immigration process more difficult and put more hoops for people to jump through, especially when those people are attempting to flee bad situations and those hoops could cost them their lives
That’s where the asylum seekers act comes in to help them get out of those situations by moving them to a safe location and speeding up the process. They have to be sure about the person and can’t just let everyone in. Every country has their procedures and we are no different.