displaced population around the world was estimated to be over 50 million (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 2014). The grounds for migration are varied and sometimes complex. Those who flee from their mother-land to avoid a whole gamut of persecutions even death require urgent resettlements. The host country immigration system generally recognises them as genuine refugees. However, the unauthorised arrivals who were allured by a higher job opportunity, a higher living standard,
world. Same people believe that asylum seekers and refugees should be welcomed into Australia with or without a visa, I think different. I think asylum seekers that come to Australia without a visa expecting asylum, should be taken back to where they came from. At the moment hundreds of people are kept in detention centres because they don’t belong in our community. This is ok, but the government still pays a lot of money to run the centres. Asylum seekers and refugees should not be allowed into Australia
place for asylum seekers who arrive by boat. Under Australia 's system of mandatory detention, all non-citizens who are in Australia without a valid visa must be detained, including children. In 2012, offshore processing of asylum seekers commenced and detention centres in Nauru and Manus Island (Papua New Guinea) were established. This new system enforced policies that transferred asylum seekers who arrive by boat without a valid visa to a third country. Once the processing of asylum seekers was completed
Asylum Seekers arriving to Australia by boat are immediately placed in offshore detention. They wait in the detention centres for years in hopes that their applications for asylum be processed. Even if these asylum seekers are found to be refugees, they are not allowed to be settled in Australia. They may be settled in Nauru or Papua New Guinea. There is regular abuse in the centres and it’s not just towards adults. Despite poor conditions, the centres are far from cheap to run. Something need to
The issue of asylum seekers recently was reignited, with the dramatic increase in the number of illegal boats arriving in Australia. From the 30th of September 2013, there were a reported 6,403 people in closed detention, this number including 1,078 children. It is not surprising from these high detention rates and poor living standards that between January 2011 and February 2013 that there were 4,313 reported incidents of actual, threatened or attempted serious self-harm in these immigration detention
concerned with the Australian Government’s policies under ‘Operation Sovereign Borders,’ its ‘Regional Resettlement Arrangement’ with Papua New Guinea (PNG), and the ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ with the Republic of Nauru, which remove, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) irregular maritime arrivals to countries where their fundamental reason for seeking asylum – persecution on grounds relating to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity – is sufficient cause for further persecution
the refugee rights political movement in Australia as a whole as well as the Australian National Committee on Refugee Women (ANCORW) have primarily been focused on key issues such as the differential treatment of asylum seekers based on how they arrived in Australia or apply for protection, the Pacific and Malaysian solution, the detention of asylum seekers and combating the view that boat arrivals are not ‘genuine refugees’. Although there are many other concerns, the issues listed above are the major
protection of refugees would remain constant throughout the world. By signing it, Australia committed to providing rights to any refugee that would arrive in Australia, and helped to reduce the number of displaced people after the tragedy of the war. (Hot Topics Book). However, after the recent conflicts in the Middle East, there
The plight of asylum seekers in their home countries can be terrible and depressing, some face the risk of death and torture, others expect to live in poverty for the rest of their life while others face dire consequences for choosing to disagree with the beliefs of a higher power. Any sane person would do all they can do escape a life like this so it can not be a shock to the global community that people will try and leave their homes in the hope that they can achieve a better life for themselves
provide a fair go and greater opportunity for all Australians by introducing more public services. As a democratic socialist party, they believe that public needs should be met before the wants of individuals, and that Australians should be compassionate to those in need. Labor also recognises the dangers of climate change and plan to stop it. The Labor party aims to improve the working man’s life by protecting the rights and conditions of the Australian workforce in both the capital cities and regional