Past arrivals want to see a visionary Nahji Chu: Founder of Misschu tuck shops. Soccer broadcaster Came to Australia in 1957 as a Hungarian refugee, after living in refugee camps Threatening refugees about what might happen ... is not a deterrent ... We didn't have a clue what awaited us on the other side of the border and neither did we care. We just wanted to get out of there because it was an intolerable situation. Founder of Misschu tuck shops Escaped Pathet Lao regime in Laos and arrived in Australia in 1978 It was 1978 again for me, with all the racism that came with that. Get off your ego trip, Kevin, and stop punishing people for the sake of winning that vote and start being a visionary. A true visionary. One who builds things and one who takes risks. Came on a boat from a Swedish refugee camp in 1950, after his Polish parents escaped Nazi concentration camps I came by a boat and my father was a refugee smuggler ... Refugees are not coming here because we have really good TV shows ... They're coming here because people are shooting at them. Actor Born in a World War II refugee camp in Switzerland and came to Australia in 1951 I was incredibly unlucky to have been born in the middle of World War II but I've been incredibly lucky to have had the life that I've had. Australia took me in, saved my life ... I owe this country a hell of a lot.