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Pros And Cons Of Asylum Seekers

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In Australia, many refugees are being deprived of their basic human rights. Australia has many international obligations to protect the asylum seekers that arrive to the country. Along with these international obligations, Australia also has national legislation to which it must abide to. It has been found that although Australia is legally binding to the laws of the United Nations, refugees are still being denied the protection they are entitled to.

An asylum seeker is a person that has left their country in order to protect themselves from persecution, and has applied for refugee protection. In order for an asylum seeker to be successfully approved as a refugee (as amended by the 1967 Protocol of the United Nations Convention relating to …show more content…

This is proof that Australia is breaching the Protocol that is set in place for them, as these people, who are classed as an asylum seeker under international law, are jumping into oceans in an attempt to save their lives. By the end of 2016, it was found that over 65 million people were identified as refugees or asylum seekers, with over half of these people coming from Syria, Afghanistan or Somalia (Domonoske, 2016). 86% of these refugees were hosted in developing countries, with Lebanon hosting 183 refugees for every 1000 inhabitants (the highest ratio in the world), and Turkey hosting the highest total amount – 2.5 million (UNHCR, 2016). In 2016, 2.5 million refugees were recognised or resettled, and of those, only 1.43% were assisted by Australia (Refugee Council of Australia, 2017). As of 2016, the gross domestic product in Australia was over 1.2 trillion USD, whilst Turkey’s was around 857 billion USD (The World Bank Group, 2018). That year, although Australia has the funds to do so, the Government only allowed

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People who flee from countries which are oppressing them, escaping for their lives. Australia’s inhumane treatment of asylum seekers and the mandatory detention policy means that asylum seekers are locked in a detention centre until they are processed, which can take years. In recent events, Australia’s asylum seeker policies have been heavily criticised

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Australians need to help refugees learn our culture and language, without degrading and eroding their culture and language. Just because Australians are blessed to be able to have a decent education from a young age, it doesn't mean that refugees are denied any opportunity for a successful

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This analysis looks at refugees and the social justice issue of Australia’s discriminatory treatment of refugees traveling to Australia seeking asylum. Australia’s current treatment of Asylum seekers includes taking them from an already extremely stressful environment and detaining them in remote detention facilities where they have limited interaction with family and friends. In some instances, this includes children and young people. The University western Sydney (2016)

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In Australia, refugees and asylum seekers are treated like the enemy in a war: the target of a highly resourced, military-led “deterrence” strategy complete with arbitrary detainment, detention camps, guards to terrorise them, forced deportations and the violent suppression of those who protest. Australia is failing to meet the standards required when regarding the treatment of asylum seekers. It is fact that asylum seekers make up less than 3% of Australia’s annual immigration yet the idea is being distorted to that of which they will overpopulate a country that prides itself on being a multicultural society. I want to shed light on the misconception that asylum seekers are not ‘legal’ when in actual fact it is a human right to seek freedom.

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Asylum seekers are protected under both domestic and international law to be allowed to stay while their claims are reviewed. The expedited process from the executive order stripes asylum seekers from this. Reese argues that the problem is “that the law protecting asylum seekers is too often ignored,” and while I agree with that, I also add the belief that one of the problems regarding this is that people are misinformed about who asylum seekers are, and more times than not confuse asylum seekers and refugees with immigrants. Confusing them can have detrimental consequences as it creates a negative narrative and not only ignores the law that protects them, but it makes it even harder for authorities to recognize and uphold such rights.

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Scout's Evolving Perspectives in To Kill a Mockingbird In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells us the story of a small town in Alabama through the eyes of young Jean Louise Finch, better known as Scout. Scout has her different perspectives and opinions on the people in her life. She faces many different reality checks, such as how prejudice and racism are extremely prominent problems in Maycomb, Alabama. As she matures, her perspectives mature with her.

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An asylum seeker is a person who is seeking protection as a refugee and is still waiting to have his/her claim assessed. The Refugee Convention definition is used by the Australian Government to determine whether our country has protection obligations towards asylum seekers. • What is the difference between the two?

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Australia has been labelled as the country of mateship, fair-go and tolerance, but the mistreatment of Asylum seekers in Australia denies these values. In our anthem we sing “For those who’ve come across the seas, we’ve boundless plains to share”. It ironic isn’t it? As when Asylum seekers arrive in Australia we do not offer a hand of mateship instead we use punitive matters such as sending them to mandatory detention, which shows how xenophobia is manifested in Australia (Ariyawansa,

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The treatment of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia is unacceptable and with mandatory detention it makes matters even worse. The treatment that families and children go through is a monstrosity. All of the reasons that have been listed is why ‘If I could change one thing about Australia’ it would be changing the way refugees are treated here and making them feel safe in Australia by connecting them to the

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Australia’s way of dealing with asylum seekers and refugees are terrible and inhumane. Australia is built on compassion and multiculturalism and is proud of its human rights laws, but is what we are doing to the asylum seekers compassionate and accepting? Innocent men, women and children are arriving on our shores, in desperate need of help — people who have lost absolutely everything, who has been to hell and back, Who have been forced to leave their families, their homes and their lives behind in pursuit of a better way of life and they come to us seeking help, yet we insist on tormenting them further by stripping them of their basic human rights and throwing them in beds made of concrete instead of treating them with the respect and dignity they deserve. Assuming that cruelty will deter these innocent people, but it only shows that our government has neglected its international obligations. Australia has openly breached both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the refugee convention, which clearly conditions that ‘no-one shall expel or return a refugee against his or her will in any manner whatsoever to a territory where he or she feels a threat to life or freedom.’

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There are currently 800 children being held in mandatory closed immigration detention, as Australia is the only country in the world which detains asylum-seeking children as a first option (Triggs, 2014). Australia’s system of mandatory immigration detention was introduced to the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) in 1992, and requires all non-citizen children who arrive without a valid visa to be detained (Triggs, 2014). Although the introduction of these requirements into the Migration Act were enforced to ensure the effective control and management of Australia’s borders (Phillips & Spinks, 2013), the mandatory and prolonged immigration detention of children is in clear violation of Article 3(1), Article 24(1) and Article 37(b) of the Convention

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Australia’s laws regulating the reception and processing of asylum seekers is very harsh and contrary to international law, particularly in comparison with small proportion of asylum seekers that arrive in Australia. This is further illustrated by referring to the treatment of asylum seekers under the old ‘White Australia Policy’ (Elder, 2003) prior to and immediately following the second world war until the 1960s. By discussing the White Australia Policy, Skulan (2006) aims to send a clear message that these beliefs are still present in today’s society, which has been considered an ‘invasion’ when discussing the feared foreign population, as discussed by the apparent threat to the national identity of Australia (McMaster, 2002). Skulan (2006) addresses the issue that most asylum seekers flee their countries because of inhumane behaviour, and many seek asylum as a last resort as persecution is a current threat. She presents this idea of people smugglers as part of a vicious cycle in that asylum seekers aren't worried about the detention facilities in Australia as it is their only chance of

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Currently, “Politicians on both sides have played up the idea of the ‘good refugee’ (who waits in a camp for resettlement) and the ‘bad refugee’ (who ‘jumps the queue’ by coming by boat)” (McAdam). It shows favoritism and labeling towards the refugees. The “good refugees” may get chosen faster to settle in Australia, which makes sense because they waited their turn. However, the fact that they label the type of refugee someone may be is not right.

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Families entering the refuge countries suffer from displacement and separation, grief and mental agony, gross violence in their countries of origin and are needy, helpless and vulnerable who need to be taken care of. Australia for example has ratified numerous

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The more powerless and vulnerable the individual, the more significant their ethical claim. Since each person, paying little respect to one's lawful status or geographic area, has a transcendent dignity that must dependably be regarded, individuals progressing ought to appreciate the full scope of human rights, and others have an obligation to see that they are regarded, secured and satisfied. "Refugees and asylum seekers are humans, and should enjoy the whole range of human rights. Unless there are compelling reasons to believe that refugees or asylum seekers represent a serious danger to the common good, they should not be interned. Furthermore they should have access to work and thus the opportunity to fulfil their duty to contribute to the common good” (Australians Human Rights Commission, 2014).

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