Offshore Processing of Asylum Seekers
Offshore processing of asylum seekers, People who flee from countries which are persecuting them, escaping for their lives. Australia’s mandatory detention policy means that asylum seekers are locked in a detention centre until they are processed, which can take years. According to the Minister for Immigration, Amanda Vanstone, this is in order to deter other arrivals. Detention-centre advocates tell us that our tough attitude towards “boat people” is a deterrent for others who may consider seeking asylum here
The processing centres such as manus island and Nauru are not safe for processing (give evidence). There is increasing evidence that the procedures of these centres go against basic human dignity and right to safety. (evidence) most show that refugee detainees are under conditions far worse than prison convicts.
Fifthly, in addition to refugee law, international human rights law and Australian law both prohibit the expulsion of people to places where they are at risk of torture, the death penalty, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or arbitrary deprivation of life. Australia seems to conveniently brush aside Article 31 in the Refugee Convention 1951 that requires countries not to penalise those who seek protection from persecution, even if their entry or presence in the country is unlawful
Incarceration without hope of facing an accuser, prisoners forbidden to know the evidence arrayed against them, a deployment of endless bureaucratic process to act as a disguise for fairness. the people detained often do not know how long they have to withstand living in these conditions.
In practical terms, this means asylum seekers may be returned to places where they face significant harm and even death - a sad irony given that one of the objectives of offshore processing is to reduce deaths (well, at least at sea).
It is for this reason that asylum seekers undertake the boat journey to Australia: because they see that they have no better
The processing centres such as manus island and Nauru are not safe for processing (give evidence). There is increasing evidence that the procedures of these centres go against basic human dignity and right to safety. (evidence) most show that refugee detainees are under conditions far worse than prison convicts.
Fifthly, in addition to refugee law, international human rights law and Australian law both prohibit the expulsion of people to places where they are at risk of torture, the death penalty, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or arbitrary deprivation of life. Australia seems to conveniently brush aside Article 31 in the Refugee Convention 1951 that requires countries not to penalise those who seek protection from persecution, even if their entry or presence in the country is unlawful
Incarceration without hope of facing an accuser, prisoners forbidden to know the evidence arrayed against them, a deployment of endless bureaucratic process to act as a disguise for fairness. the people detained often do not know how long they have to withstand living in these conditions.
In practical terms, this means asylum seekers may be returned to places where they face significant harm and even death - a sad irony given that one of the objectives of offshore processing is to reduce deaths (well, at least at sea).
It is for this reason that asylum seekers undertake the boat journey to Australia: because they see that they have no better