Essay Hypothesis Australia should ban the indefinite mandatory detention of asylum seekers‚ and pursue a policy of Community Placement for those at stage two of the application process. Abstract Stage two indefinite mandatory detention should be banned in Australia. Enormous financial resources are being used to detain a vulnerable group that make up only 0.3 per cent of all immigration intake. As a signatory to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees‚ Australia has legal and humanitarian
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and Difference – Asylum Seekers PART 1 Asylum seekers are a group of people‚ who from fear of persecution for reasons of race‚ religion‚ social group or political opinion‚ has crossed an international frontier into a country in which they hope to be granted refugee status. The Australian public opinion towards asylum seekers has often been unwelcoming at best and hostile at worst and this is often the way the media has portrayed the influx of people seeking asylum in Australia. Prime Minister
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threat to your safety. I don’t blame them for their desperation to leave. Their fear is so strong that people are paying up to $30 000 to people smugglers to come to Australia‚ (Amiri‚ 2012) only to be treated badly in a country that they thought would be the start to the life they deserve. For most asylum seekers‚ arriving in Australia is a major shock. They are met with hostility and mandatory
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Asylum Seekers- creating compassion‚ forming fear and arising anger As a result of the substantial 17‚202 boat arrivals on Australian shores in 2012‚ it’s clear that the issue of Asylum Seekers isn’t something that can be taken lightly; in fact this one issue has polarised the entire nation of Australia. Those seeking asylum are desperately fleeing from a country of fear‚ conflict and trauma in search of a new life however the recent influx and the extensive numbers of arrivals call for a strong
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The issue of Detention centres and whether or not there uses are necessary to protect our nation is a subject of great debate. This issue seems to fall into a moral grey area‚ as not having them would be morally wrong in that we would be letting anyone from anywhere into our country thus leaving unchecked entries of possible terrorists and other sorts of plausible threats. But having them still‚ at the same time‚ falls into this moral grey spot. The reason that these detention centres exist is because
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for being human. Today‚ Australia faces the challenge of Asylum seekers‚ many of whom which have currently been denied their basic human rights. The government’s policy of creating Immigration Detention Facilities as a way of detaining unauthorised asylum seekers may be a solution the problem of controlling Australia’s borders‚ however‚ violates the human rights of this group in Australia. One strategy that addresses this issue is the implementation of community detention‚ which has many positive
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Asylum Seekers are people who fled from their homes in the face of persecution‚ or threats to their lives. But there is no reason why the Australian government should be obliged to welcome asylum seekers who use illegal methods to come here. We have the responsibility to protect our borders and way of life against what could amount to a huge influx of immigrants whose backgrounds and possible criminal status are unknown. Detention is the only solution to the problem of how to treat asylum seekers
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The debate about asylum seekers in Australia is contentious and politically charged‚ but research commissioned by Amnesty International has found that anti-asylum seekers sentiments are not actually fuelled by racism. Australia pride itself on its strong human rights record and its standing as a good global citizen. However deeper analysis and according to recent situation that how boat people are being treated shows that Australia has failed to fulfill with its international human rights obligations
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Only a person who can claim that they have a well-founded fear of persecution can claim asylum. The majority of asylum seekers come to the UK from four main countries. These are Afghanistan‚ Iraq‚ Somalia and Sri Lanka. Different people see the asylum seekers in different situations. Some see them and immediately give them sympathy and say that they would do the same if they were in the same situation. Whilst others see them all as people who only come here for the money and this annoys them
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ASYLUM SEEKERS Take a moment to imagine the life of an asylum seeker. You live in a country‚ ravaged by conflict‚ poverty‚ illiteracy and hunger. You are stifled by your circumstances‚ bound to a life of suffering. For a 17 year old girl in a developing country‚ life is different from ours. Say that you are a 17 year old girl in a developing country. Horrible realities are faced every day. With no identification or passport‚ nothing stands in the way of child marriage; that is‚ you could be
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