Asylum Seekers In Australia

The first boat with refugees to Australia in 1976, there are five men come to Australia in Darwin by boat (Phillips &Spinks 2013). Australia as a human immigrant country and it has policy receive refugees and asylum seekers. Since more and more refugees entered Australia from all over the world such as Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, that the Australia is a multicultural country (UNHCR 2011). There is a small group of people are opposed to refugees, they have prejudice and bias against the refugees (Henderson & Uhlmann 2015). The refugee may face to poor living conditions, they have to leave their home and move to another place which can receive them. Australia is a good choice for refugees due to it can change their life. The small

Another important stakeholder in this issue is the children themselves. Almost all of the children present in detention centres are asylum seekers whom arrived in Australia by boat, and are classified as ‘unauthorised maritime arrivals’ (Humanrights.gov.au, 2015). These asylum seeker children all held the same responses to some degree. Their responses were all surrounded by the main aspect of ‘Wanting to be free and safe’.

The refugee crisis has been a contentious issue for the past decade as the amount of people seeking refuge in foreign countries is rising exponentially, with many countries turning to off shore detention as a way to deal with this issue (Coffey, Kaplan, Sampson & Tucci, 2010; Crock, Saul & Dastyari; Ljungholm, 2014). As a result of this influx the demand for human rights lawyers has increased, because the indefinite nature of the detention it is seen to be a breach of human rights (Saul, 2012; Evenhuis, 2013; Ljungholm, 2014). It is evident from the literature that long term indefinite detention of children and young adults has a significant adverse effect on their mental health, both long and short term. The two major themes that this literature

The Australian government is reluctant to take in asylum seekers. Although Australia fully recognises responsibility to admit refugees for resettlement, the government feels that it is spending too much time and money on the issue. The government is already cutting costs towards health and education sectors because Australia is experiencing a downturn in the economic climate. The government is believes that it should not stop supporting its own country just to aid refugees from another country. The government feels as if it needs to look after its own country while still trying to aid asylum seekers. The government will always put above its own nation before trying to help other nations. The government realises that it may have to increase

Throughout the years, there have been articles about asylum seekers resorting to violence due to discontentment with the Australian government regarding the assessment of their refugee status. These are evident cries for help which sparks off debates on the government’s abilities to find a successful solution to the asylum issues. Australia has been criticized due to the requirements of compulsory immigration detention for ‘all unlawful non-citizens, (including asylum seekers)’ (Phillips & Spinks 2013, p.1). The other controversial issue of Australia regarding the asylum seekers is also the claims that it has been avoiding it’s responsibilities under the United Nations refugee conventions by making it hard for asylum seekers to claim

While the issue of asylum seekers has mainly challenged Australia’s political power and resources, the debate is mostly ethical and putting human dignity first is integral. Whilst both political parties have very similar policies in regards to the topical issues, which are in essence going partially against the Church’s stance and human dignity. Australia has the economy, land, low population and living style to support more asylum seekers/refugees, especially when we have a ranking of 48 in the world on the scale of how many refugees we currently have accepted.

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In 2012, Canada received approximately 23,000 refugees and their families (Statistics Canada, 2012). Canada welcomes an ethno cultural diversity and follows the international mandate to ensure safety, stability and accessibility to health services for refugees. The refugees come from different countries, which are socioeconomically unstable, and they are in search of stability and a better destiny. Canada is recognized as one of the most developed countries in the world, it is undeniable that the protection of refugees will be provided. The Ottawa Newcomer Clinic, located in Ottawa, is one of the agencies that welcomes newcomer refugees. This clinic plays an essential role in the reintegration of refugees in their new environment and provides preventive healthcare services. To improve its services, the team members of the clinic are committed to promoting mental health in order to undertake a holistic approach in the care of refugee youths. Consequently, it is important to explore the obstacles facing this particular population using the Population Health model in order to identify startegies for mental health promotion programs that aims to optimize the health status of refugee youths. This brings us to review the importance of mental health among refugees and concepts involved, such as importance of the role of health care providers who have direct contact with the target population as well as mental health promotion.

Australia has traditionally been recognised as a country which is celebrated for its generous humanitarian program; however, recent global events have seen dramatic changes to its approach. The 1990’s saw radical changes to migration policies in response to the large number of boat arrivals of Middle Eastern asylum seekers fleeing from a range of conflicts. In fact, in the two-year period between 1999 and 2001 approximately 12, 000 asylum seekers arrived on Australia’s shores (Parliament of Australia, 2016). In order to address this influx, the Howard government implemented a range of strategies to strengthen the integrity of its borders and eradicate the people smuggling trade across Asia (Parliament of Australia, 2016). Whilst

The illegal and legal system under which refugees are put under is something that is usually considered fact when in which it is something that has never been listed as one, the closest name under which the terms illegal and legal immigrants can be put under is “unlawful citizens”. This term is only classified under Australian Law but due to the reasons that they are seeking asylum, it is their international given right to seek this protection under the listing of an asylum seeker, therefore they cannot be penalized for pursing protection under the legal law of the Australian government.

Refugees experience many traumatic events throughout both their lifetime in their home country and during their trip of refuge. According to an online database by the name of Infobase Learning, “Refugees are at particular risk of developing mental health problems because of the trauma they often experience before and during flight, such as war-related violence, genocide, sexual assault and torture,” (Infobase Learning). By understanding the fact that refugees undergo many harrowing incidents, people may begin to grasp the fact that these events traumatize the refugees making them an unnecessary issue in the United States and other first world countries to deal with. As reported by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 43.8 million adults in the U.S. alone experience a mental illness in a given year. This number is only increasing every year in addition to the growing amount of refugees we accept annually, the United States and other first world countries will be overloaded with the complication of mental health issues. Considering that daily life is already complicated enough, first world countries should not be obligated to accept refugees. These displaced people need not to come first world countries, instead stay in their own home country. If transported to the U.S. or other first world

may be to their plight we have no obligation to bolster the income of those

A migrant is a person who leaves their country voluntarily. Migrants are different to refugees. Refugees are people that are forced to leave their country because of war, poverty and other stuff.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines asylum as the shelter afforded by a country to someone who has had to leave their country of origin due to danger from political or other reasons (Oxford English Dictionary 2012). Structuralism, according to Babbie (2006), is a theory supporting the establishment of communities of different cultures. This paper will discuss the concept of asylum seekers in Australia as part of multiculturalism within the global population flow and critically examine the roles and values of the Australian people towards “uninvited immigrants” and the policies in relation to the recent influx of asylum seekers. Specifically, this paper will first give an overview of Australians and asylum seekers, then discuss the

Of all the literature reviewed discussing children asylum seekers, it was found that Australia was in breach of at least one of their international treaties or conventions, with one source finding Australia in breach of over 150 of their international obligations. The majority of reports found Australia in breach of the Convention of the Rights of the Child in regards to the treatment of children in detention centres, their access to basic essentials, the prolonged duration of their detainment and the deterioration of children’s mental health from this prolonged detainment. For example, one report found the Australian Government detained children with mental and physically disabilities for prolonged periods of time in offshore detention centres where their access to health care was limited and insufficient to their needs as well as allowed children to remain on Nauru when it was proven to have a negative mental and psychical health impact on the well-being of child asylum seekers, breaching numerous human rights under the CRC. It’s explained that the reason Australia is not prosecuted for these breaches is because although Australia is a signatory of multiple international conventions and treaties, they are not enacted in Australia’s domestic law and thus cannot be prosecuted for their