What Is Refugees In Australia

Today 60 million refugees, and asylum seekers are internally displaced . This is almost double what it was 10 years ago. Mega conflicts in Syria and Iraq have displaced millions of people. These are conflicts that are pushing refugees and migrants into flight. The world is in the midst of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Yet Australia’s approach in recent years has been to punish people seeking asylum, while increasing the numbers of refugees it resettles. This contrasting approach threatens the long and proud history Australia has of successful integration of refugee communities. This report reflects what we have heard from refugees and people seeking asylum, and the people supporting them. We thank all of the people who contributed to this report. The past two years have been a dramatic and traumatic period for refugees, both at home and abroad. More people are seeking safety – from persecution, conflict, violence and violations of human rights – than at any time since World War II. In the past two years, we have seen lifeless children washing up on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. We have seen ordinary Europeans lining up to help refugees at train stations. We have seen Australians demanding successfully that their leaders let in an extra 12,000 people fleeing the crises in Syria and Iraq.

Refugee health is a contemporary health phenomenon in Australian public health. Numbers of refugee and asylum seekers are increasing in Australia over the years. Recent data show that in 2012-13 approximately 26,432 applied for the refugee protections, whereas in the year of 2004 only 9221 people applied for the protection. (Refugee council Australia, 2014)

There is certainly room for improvement but much of the outcry around the closure of Manus Island represents Australians as inhumane and not doing our fair share. Australia has a humanitarian program intake of 13,750 refugees. In September 2015 it was increased by a further 12,000 in response to the conflict in Syria and Iraq. Australia resettles refugees referred by the United Nations who are most in need of resettlement. Since 2011, $258 million has been provided to deliver protection services, shelter, food and health support to vulnerable refugee

The world currently faces a global refugee crisis with up to 40 million displaced people (the majority of whom are women and children). Australia currently accepts around 13,750 refugees each year as part of total planned annual immigration of around 182,000 people.

Another perception gap which is about the case of boat from asylum seekers from Middle Eastern countries to Australia. Since Australia signed Convention of Refugee in 1954, Australia should accept refugee because the convention can be defined as an agreement from Australia to accept refugee. However, Australia implemented “stop the boat” policy by Tony Abbott, Prime Minister of Australia in 2013 as an action to refuse refugee to enter Australia. Since Australia does not accept refugee, the refugees are spread into some neighboring countries of Australia such as Indonesia while waiting for the right of asylum from government of Australia or UNHCR. Despite Australia has signed the convention, Australia does not get any sanction for not following

Other countries have taken the situation of refuges in a higher light compared to Australia, some with more acceptances over others like Germany. Near the end of 2015 Germany had registered 964,574 new asylum seekers in the year 2015 alone and went on a steady increase to 1 million by the end of the year, with the highest peak being in November in which 206,101. Compare this to Australia in which it has a strict annual quota of 13,750 places for refugees which is a mere 1.47% of the current world’s refugee

The fact that Australia is denying these people entry in Australia is an abuse on human rights. It states clearly in the declaration of Human Rights, that australia has signed, that “Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.” these people are not “illegals” as the 71% labels them. Nations for example Canada and New Zealand have no problem taking refugees in less than 2 days. In fact they don’t see any problems with that. So the main question here is why is the australian government keeping these people in offshore processing centres for months and years, wit the people having no idea what the future hold for them. Is there a problem if these people are trying to seek help for their families?

Since the conclusion of World War II, countries across the world have been constantly searching for a solution to the resettling and protection of those who have fled from the war and violence of their country. The Refugee Convention of 1951, and the Protocol of 1967 were the first rights and regulations that were laid down by many nations (including Australia) to ensure the 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

Many refugees are not safe in bordering countries, and they must look further afield for protection. Sometimes they will need to take complex and dangerous routes in order to reach a country where they believe they will be safe and can start a new life. Australia has agreed to take in 13 500 refugees and other humanitarian entrants in

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.

Refugee: A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster and seek safety.

Refugees enter Australia a number of ways. Sometimes people will come to Australia after being sponsored by family members or an organisation; some will come by boat or plane. They can also wait in offshore processing until the government gives them visas, which can take months or

The current Migration Program has business and general skilled migrant entry as well as family member and special eligibility entry to the country which is aimed at attracting and accepting people who have skills in particular professions or trades that are considered beneficial and in demand to Australia. The Humanitarian Program is aimed at targeting refugees and others who have faced serious human rights abuses before coming to Australia. This program has two components: the onshore protection/asylum that offers protection to people

Over the years we have seen how much easier it is for Governments and humanitarian institutions to address refugee situations than it is for them to deal with impending problems traumatising the refugees who are already traumatised.This research aims at the current framework for the protection of refugees,their struggles while seeking asylum as they flee from life-threatening circumstances.Refugees are defined as those people who live outside their country of origin who are unwilling or unable to return as they owe a ‘well-founded fear of persecution' and so obtain sanctuary and protection from other country by seeking asylum.Australia is well known as an compassionate country that respects human rights and also has international obligations

The Immigration Department reveal statistics showing that throughout 2013-14 financial years, 6500 visas were granted to refugee’s abroad that had applied to be resettled to Australia. (Media Release, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2015)