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Pros And Cons Of Immigration To Australia

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“Australians all let us rejoice, For we are young and free, We’ve golden soil and wealth to toil… For those who’ve come across the seas, We’ve boundless plains to share…” The Advance Australia Fair holds so much promise for those who need faith and for those who need a home. But wait, do they actually hold up to their Anthem? According to Cohen’s article, the Australian government isn’t letting refugee/migrants in the country, instead they send them to “a very dangerous place full of contagious diseases” one of those places being Manus, just off the northern coast of Australia. Why, How and Is Australia allowed to do this? The idea of immigration to any state is going to have a different connotation no matter what group may be emigrating, whether it be native american refugees or syrian refugees, states have the option to let these groups emigrate or not, or at least they think they do considering most of them just turn them away anyway. We have yet to wonder …show more content…

Although states are not really at fault for refugees choosing their country to flee to they must consider the extremities that the refugees have gone through to get where they are. In Cohen's article, Charlie Benjamin (the Manus governor) doesn’t fail to include his input about the situation at hand, “It’s just morally wrong to dump these people here and then say Never Australia,” and also adds how they thought things would go originally which did not turn out to their liking. The right to seek asylum is a basic human right; people who live in a suffering homeland should be able to seek refuge in a country where their safety is secure, which brings us back to the idea of being morally incorrect while also looking out for the states/countries best

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Even though they faced uncertainty about their belonging to this new environment “Stranger in a strange land. This is not my place. These are not my people.” Settling into their new found home proved to be a difficult challenge as they arrived without preparation “they will ask about us about why we came here to Australia and why we have no papers.” This proves to stall their progression to officially live in Australia.

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‘The Tampa Decision: Examining the Australian Government’s prerogative power to detain and expel unlawful non-citizens in 2001’ The executive power of the Commonwealth has largely been neglected, both by the High Court and by commentators, receiving scant attention in comparison with the Commonwealth 's legislative and judicial powers. However, it was just fourteen years ago, in 2001, when a Norwegian cargo vessel MV Tampa being denied entry into Australia after rescuing 438 asylum seekers sparked one of the most controversial yet illuminating civil cases in Australian legal history. The result was a civil suit (Ruddock vs Vadarlis 2001) in which the Federal Government successfully appealed the initial ruling to the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia, where it was found that the government does indeed possess a prerogative power to prevent the entry of non-citizens into

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Article 12 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights declares that ‘Everyone lawfully within the territory of a State shall, within that territory, have the right to liberty of movement and freedom to choose his residence.’ Governments and then subsequently the courts, have a duty to ensure that a person 's freedom of movement is not unjustifiably restricted by others, including persons or companies. This right applies to all persons lawfully within Australian and not just Australian

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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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The case of Chen v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2013) 216 FCR 241 presents a valuable example of a real-life situation that highlights the significance of understanding and interpreting the law that applies to Australian Migration practice. The case was about whether a valid visa application has been made by the appellant in accordance with Regulations 2.10 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) (the Regulations) which required applications for particular visa be made at an “office of immigration” in Australia. LEGAL ISSUES RAISED BY THE CASE: • The Minister did not consider Chen’s visa application for Class DF subclass 892 as valid because the application reached the Department’s Processing Centre one day after her existing

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Introduction Australia is said to be a multicultural and multiracial country. So why can’t we, as a country and as a nation, say yes to immigrants fleeing from a different country? As immigration to Australia is supposably apart of our history and it would be wrong not to continue on with the actions of our ancestors. Paragraph 1 As of 2014 – 2015, Australia accepted 13,750 refugees in total. Paragraph 2 • What are refugees and asylum seekers?

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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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Even when the state does not have effective control over a situation in another country, it cannot avoid its international human rights obligations by transferring asylum seekers to the third country. This means that the state may remain responsible for the consequences of its transfer of asylum seeker . For example, a State Party will be responsible for extraterritorial violations of the ICCPR if its actions expose a person to a ‘real risk’ that his or her rights will be violated, and this risk could reasonably have been anticipated by the State . Some of the possible violations will be examined

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Not only that, but they do it by the millions, moving in independent crowds step by step on the grounds that there is security (Acuesta, 2017). The explanations for their movement include issues such as social, racial, religious and political persecution, war, climate change, hunger and gender orientation. These vulnerable refugees have no other choice than to seek protection and we are denying their human rights and stripping away their human dignity. A United Nations Refugee Agency survey conducted in Australia in 2011 showed that 35% of people favoured turning back boats or detention of arrivals and deportation, while only 22% favoured eligibility for permanent settlement. Clearly there is much controversy surrounding this issue as it can create many effects within a nations, both positive and negative.

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During the course of my research Australia has been showing a large amount of sympathy and support towards Syrian refugees. This is evident when previous Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed

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Australia receives less asylum seekers annually than many first world and third world countries, yet we manage to process them less humanely than many other places around the world. Eighty per cent of the world’s asylum seekers are hosted in developing countries that cannot afford to lock people in detention, meaning that they have to find alternate ways of dealing with the matter in question, which Australia considers an inconvenient problem. But the problem is caused by just over 3 per cent of the world’s 1.1 million (UNHCR, 2014) asylum seekers who make their way to Australia each year, however our policies are extremely harsh and completely unnecessary, when compared to how other countries conduct the processing of claims. Taking into account this miniscule number, Australia is nevertheless the only country to impose mandatory detention for asylum seekers, despite the fact that eighty-eight

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“To be called a refugee is the opposite of an insult; it is a badge of strength, courage and victory.” Australia is nothing if it weren’t for refugees and immigrants as there are nearly 21.3 million refugees, with over half who are under the age of 18. Australia’s negative discourse towards refugees goes against our ideology, so as a multicultural nation, we should be more accepting and reverse this discourse so it doesn’t contradict our ideologies. In Australia, the topic of ‘refugees’ is part of a bigger international negative debate.

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• Societal involvement and levels of tolerance However accommodating the host country or society can be, without education or life skill which is the key factor to resettlement, it would be difficult to integrate the asylum seeker. Outcomes As the number of refugees continue to rise in Australia and other countries, negative outcomes a bound to be seen if proper measures are not put in place.

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There is currently a massively unprecedented refugee crisis happening, with more displaced people across the world than has ever been recorded. Every minute, 20 people are being displaced due to conflict or mistreatment, and many of these refugees do not find a permanent home for decades. Australia is one of the countries that ratified the Refugees Convention in 1954, and refugees flock to find a home in this beautiful country. In the past financial year, 24,162 humanitarian arrivals took place in Australia, of which 133,000 were actually new to the country. This does not include the amount of people that tried to enter the country by boat, as Australia does not allow refuge the those who try to enter their state unofficially.

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