Immigration in Australia

In the Old Testament, the Israelites were seen as people who failed to listen to God’s commandments. Despite knowing beforehand that they would be punished for their disobedience, they still continued to commit sin. God tried to deter their misbehavior by promising them many blessings, but it worked to no avail. Due to the insubordination of the Israelites, He made sure that the promises He made to them would be withheld and that they would face consequences.

Every human being is created in the image and likeness of God and therefore should be treated accordingly. Equality and social justice are additional factors that contribute to the response of Australian society in welcoming refugees throughout history. The vietnamese refugees of the 1970’s were welcomed by society in an attempt to shift away from the ‘White Australia Policy’. Charities and church organisations such as the Australian Red Cross also provided assistance with clothing, housing and other required adjustments for example education. These positive elements created fairness and equal opportunities for the refugees. However, some individuals remained loyal to the White Australia policy and were racist and discriminatory towards the easily identifiable refugees. Even members of the Catholic church persisted to be intolerant of refugees. Nevertheless, in present day, the Church is significantly more accepting of refugees by supporting charities, increasing awareness, working alongside refugees and providing aid to asylum seekers. Within the general society, some groups and individuals are still unfortunately racially prejudiced because of their lack of knowledge. However, a large percentage of the population are accepting of refugees; often indulging in foreign cuisines and continually strengthening or creating international relationships. The fair treatment and equality for all human beings has a notable impact on both the Church's and Australia’s perspective regarding

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

Naturally many Hungarians fled during the revolution and so 200 000 fled to Western Europe to escape persecution. Australia, along with more than ten other countries, reached out to the Hungarian refugees and offered settlement assistance to approximately 14 000 refugees (History Learning Site, n.d). Another factor that influenced Hungarian refugees’ immigrationt to Australia was that Australia was the furthest country away from the Soviet Union that were able to escape to because of their desperation.

After all wars, there are always large numbers of homeless refugees. Australia has always been seen as a good place to house such refugees, due to it’s size. Socially there has been much unrest in the Australian public to this. The Australian public have seen Asian migrants and refugees as a threat to their jobs, as they work harder for less pay. Post-Vietnam War was no exception, with 70000 Indo-Chinese refugees arriving in Australia since the late 1970’s. Politically the acceptance of war time refugees into Australia, has put the Australian government in a good image with other countries, this acceptance of refugees and migrants has strengthened Australia’s trade ties with other countries introducing large amounts of Capital Revenue.

The immigration restriction act was made in 1901 by the Australian Government. The Australian government made the immigration restriction Act because they were trying to minimize immigration from all non-European countries, mainly the Chinese.

Deuteronomy and Leviticus were interesting in their literary differences and detailed accounts of what good is by detailing the social expectations for society. The reader was more familiar with the “dryer” Deuteronomy during Catholic school growing up. After reading Leviticus, the reader understands why it was perhaps not more focused on for adolescences because of the more graphic explanations. However, a verse the reader related to from his adulthood was Leviticus 33 which states, “When an alien resides in the land, you shall not oppress them, but treat them as a citizen.” This reminded the reader of the Afghan Pashtun tradition to treat guests with protection, care and honor called Pashtunwali, which is a tribal code that predates Islam.

People seeking political asylum are normally developmentally or emotionally affected. Specialist assistance groups to support them is highly required because they have been completely removed from their own culture and environment, and often they have fled their country due to persecution

The physical restoration of Jerusalem and the social restoration of the community would need to continue, and question about the composition of that community would have to be resolved. These issues became pressing in the mid fifth century BCE…” (Cogan 424). Again we get the theological and existential question of “who are we” in the return to Israel just like what was happening for them during their exile. Some tension came from the Persia giving authority to Zerubbabel (descendant of Jehoiachin) as civil governor and Joshua (descendant of Zakok) as high priest which we see in Haggai 1:1; 2:2. Supported by Chronicles and in Ezra 3-6 describes the rebuilding of the Temple under these 2 leaders. Zerubbabel responsible to king for tribute and tax payments from Yehud province Official agent of imperial policy Joshua managed money brought in by priesthood to Temple; chief legal authority Returning exiles are cream of crop, in charge. Other theological implication that are at play during this time is that “God of Israel” is also the God of history and the whole world once again we see tangible integrations with the world. The Era of return we see the the establishment of boundary makers of their faith to prove their Jewishness. Several of these boundary makers include the Sabbath, Circumcision, Physical walls around Jerusalem and the establishment of the Torah as Canonical and Marriage, and leads to Apocalyptic messages for

Citizens often thought those people would bring terrorists, unemployment and infrastructure stress. However, refugees will be able to make out importance in affecting the potential social, cultural and economic contributionsupon their area of resettlement. Australia has a long history of accepting refugees for resettlement and over 700 000 refugees. As a consequence, Australia’s offshore humanitarian programme is heralded as one of the best in the world. Accepting more refugees and boat people into the country is one of the greatest contributions that can make to improving the world around us and enhancing our own living standards. In addition, by having more people in country there are more people to cooperate with, more people to trade with and more people to grow the market. They help supply the economy through participating in the labour market and bring with them diversity, new work approaches and funds. As our wealth and economy grows there is more money for the finer things in life.

Three characteristics formulated the identity and then community of God’s people, known as Israelites, throughout the Hebrew Bible. Although not a complete picture, these three ideas heavily influenced Israelite distinctiveness both in how the Ancient Near East interacted with them and how they lived together. Israelite identity wrapped itself in “chosen-ness” of God. God’s individual interactions with Abraham & Sarah, Isaac & Rebekah, and Jacob birthed the original knowledge of being chosen. God chose them, they worshipped only God, they did what God said, and God protected them.

The Babylonian Exile was a time in which Jewish people were exiled from Jerusalem and forced to live in Babylon as captives. During the Babylonian Exile, many Jewish people had only faith to hold onto as a way of staying strong and not succumbing to their situation and perceived God, or Jeremiah, as their light and support system. In a letter to the Babylon Exiles from the prophet Jeremiah, he gives words of wisdom to the exiles by encouraging them to maintain their faith, reproduce and emphasized the need to “hear the word of the LORD” as those who have not will receive severe punishment. In their case, the Israelites perception of God grew stronger to aid them in their situation, as well as help mediate the social and political forces that were apparent during this time. They were able to create a sense of unity with each other in a time of political uprising and learn to adapt to their situation through the help of

Australia can be next destination for active Indian diaspora on the lines of USA, Canada and UK. India has the second highest number of immigrants in the world. As per the reports, it has been reported that there are more than 11.4 million Indians moving abroad. India provides a number of services to the Indians who are living abroad. As per the Ministry Of Overseas Indian Affair, international migration is important impacting on economic relations between the developed and developing countries.

Therefore, the Mosaic Law was unique and exclusive to the people of Israel; it was to regulate how they functioned as a nation. As such, the law holds much more significance to the ancient Israelites to whom it was given. In fact most contemporary Christians seldom know how to apply the Mosaic Law in a modern context. Thus it is important for us to examine the historical context around the scripture. The ancient Israelites had been 430 years in Egypt , and had been enslaved for 215 of those years . Jackson writes, “when the children of Israel came into the desolate region of