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The term ‘illegal immigrants’ is a term used by the media to manipulate public opinion and thereby attempt to change or shape government policy. Asylum seekers are not terrorists wishing to corrupt the Australian way of life, but simply victims of western imperial aggression seeking safety in Australian

Aspects of human behavior refers to the physical action and any observable emotions associated with individuals. Jason Hartley and Laura Blumenfeld wrote their own respectable essays, which were published as anthologies in Portable Legacies by Jan Schmidt and Lynne Crockett. Each of these essays has its own personal message and meaning to them and both essays show the positive and negative attributes of human behavior. Jason Hartley essay “I Jailor “ was about Hartley experience in the Middle East serving our country as a U.S. Soldier in our military and how the U.S. military and the Iraqi police mistreated its prisoners who were in the custody of the Iraqi police and the United States army. Laura Blumenfeld essay “The Apology: Letters

Asylum seekers have been escaping their hostile countries for decades now, but where are they fleeing to? Not to Australia. With the Australian government forcing asylum seekers to Thailand and other foreign countries, it is lessening the number we, as Australians, have to "deal with", at least that is the government’s plan. Many Australians believe that asylum seekers and refugees don't deserve to come here to Australia, however if those Australians were to be forced to flee Australia due to war, they would support them coming. The point being made is that asylum seekers deserve as much as any Australian. Australia is a free country, and we want the entire world to believe that, so why are we trying to relieve asylum seekers of the joy of

Gordon concludes and summarises his article by demonstrating how the government continues to commit to using mandatory detention and third-country processing to deal with the asylum seeker crisis. His tone during the later stages of the piece is informative, attacking and optimistic about changing how asylum seekers should be dealt with. Gordon offers a solution, that the Australian government can use the failure of the Malaysia deal to change its ideologies and “take a different path”. He asserts that even after ten years of consistent trouble with arriving boats and asylum seekers, the Australian government, both Liberal and Labor are missing the quality that has been ignored over the duration of the entire period, compassion. Their focus of policy is the illegal processing of people smuggling and the means of reaching Australia and Gordon demonstrates

Over the last few years there have been major changes in the polices against immigrant that have sparked chaos all over the 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 without a visa.

These words made it clear to the Australian people the government’s view on asylum seekers. However, this view was one sided. Other government officials made comments on asylum seekers

The number of stories in the Australian print media about asylum seekers has escalated dramatically over the past 15 years, even though the total number of people accepted into Australia under our humanitarian scheme has not significantly increased (Lusher 2007). These stories have seen the dominant framing of asylum seekers as terrorists and criminals, thereby criminalising and dehumanising them and reinforcing "fear of [their] racial, cultural and religious differences” (Aslan 2009, p. 111) among Australians. Such framing tactics were clearly evident in the reporting of the ‘children overboard’ incident of 2001, with media reports, which were later proven to be false (Cottle 2009), framing asylum seekers as cruel, calculating people who were prepared to watch their own children drown in order to ‘invade’ Australia. In framing asylum seekers in such a way, the Australian media capitalised on the pre-existing general unease about race ethnicity in Australia (Jacobs 2011) and public

This report was commissioned to examine the behaviours and beliefs held by Australians in regards to the people identified as asylum seekers who arrive in Australia in search of humanitarian aid.

Legally, the Australian government must overlook every individual they remove from Australia and furthermore make sure they will be safe and protected in the country being deported to. When people seek asylum, it is to escape dangerous conditions, thus they are not allowed to be sent back there.

Asylum seekers are people who have left their home country to find asylum in another country as a political refugee. Now in Australia, asylum seekers are being forced to detention centres by the Australian government. Citizens of the Australian community are deciding whether asylum seekers should be allowed to become residents in Australia. Asylum seekers should be given asylum in Australia because they have not committed any crimes and Australia takes a minimum number of asylum seekers in a year compared to other underdeveloped countries. Furthermore, asylum seekers have greatly contributed to the Australian society.

is a derogatory term given to asylum seekers who arrive in Australia by boat, without obtaining a valid visa or other form of authorisation such as a passport. Most people arriving by boats are facing desperate and life threatening situations in their country of origin, and fear a form of persecution such as torture, murder and imprisonment. These people are often so desperate to flee their corrupt or dangerous countries that they risk their lives to travel to Australia by boat. They endure appalling conditions by the smugglers who often take away any or all forms of documentation. If the boat people refuse these terms than they will most probably be abused, shot or killed. Despite all of these reasons, people decide that these conditions are

However, by challenging the simplistic accounts transmitted by the Government and the media in regards to Australia’s attitude towards asylum seekers, this essay seeks to explore whether current communication practices can be justified, as well as how society can improve on its transmission of information in regards to moral panics and social issues.

International law under the 1951 Refugee Convention, permits the right to seek asylum and allocates a responsibility to provide protection for those who lie under the definition of refugee. Since then policies have been modified and used to suit the interests of the government. In particular, the Border Protection Legislation Amendment Act 1999. Authorised the removal of undocumented ships in Australian territory and proclaimed that anyone aboard the ship can be forcibly returned and denied application of asylum. Other legislation, such as the Migration Legislation Amendment Act 1999 makes it illegal for a person to carry people who are not citizens without valid documentation. These policies allow the government to portray itself as strong on border protection and terrorism. This plays well to its core constituencies but is rightly lambasted by human rights organisations and civil liberty groups. Refugees are undocumented people fleeing from their country of origin, so there isn’t a variety of travel options to escape to safety. The policy disclaiming that ‘everyone who lands by boat doesn’t get to stay’ is ignorant to the concept of why people are forced to leave. It’s not a choice to be removed from your country, it's a matter of survival and safety. The core principle of the Refugee convention is that people are not forced to return to a country where they face the threat of persecution or danger.

I write to you to express my concern on the Federal Government’s approach to asylum seekers. I believe current policies for the refugees are misrepresenting them for the following reasons.

Nearly sixty million individuals are displaced from their homes. That’s one in every 122 people on our planet. The world we live in has never been richer, healthier or any more advanced. Yet, never before has there been such a large amount of individuals that have been expelled and stripped of their basic human rights. It’s time to own up to what it really is; it is no longer simply a "refugee crisis.” However, it is a crisis of global security and governance, that’s manifesting itself as the worst refugee crisis ever recorded – and a time of mass displacement. Australia must enable asylum seekers to enter the country, to permit them the possibility to start a new life, free from the horrors of war. Asylum seekers arrive in our country, seeking