humanitarian‚ decent country‚” said Mr. John Howard back in 2001‚ this statement was coincidentally made during the time in which 438 Afghan asylum seekers were refused permission to enter Australian waters. Arriving in a cargo vessel‚ the MV Tampa‚ after almost sinking in an Indonesian boat‚ the captain of the Tampa claimed that he had saved the asylum seekers’ lives at the request of the Australian Search and Rescue authorities‚ so why was it that the Tampa was told to turn back? Obviously‚ we
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Language Analysis ‘Australia still dancing to Howard’s tune on asylum seekers’ The piece written by Michael Gordon in The Age on October 19 2011‚ argues that ten years after the Australian federal election that sparked the asylum seeker controversy‚ asylum seekers are still being demonised and alienated by both of Australia’s major political parties. Gordon writes in an assertive‚ controlled and a somewhat concerned tone throughout the article with his target audience aimed at ‘The Age’ readers
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Asylum Seekers In Australia Australias mandatory detention of asylum seekers are of a serious concern. There has been aroused intense national and international debate. In the past few years we have been bombarded with images of detainees suffering from depression‚ mental anguish‚ trauma and psychological damage. Australia has a policy of mandatory detention for all refugees and asylum seekers who arrive by boat to Australian shores (http//www.westnet.com.au/jackhsmit/detention.htm). Those
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In article 31 of the Refugee Convention‚ Asylum Seekers are stated to have a right to enter a country in seek of Asylum. Approximately 35-50 people are granted refugee status in Australia‚ all of which are from offshore detention centres. These are Australia’s offshore detention centres. The first is a well-known centre of Australia‚ Christmas Island detention centre. While it is offshore‚ it’s still a part of Australia‚ just a long way away. But in 2012‚ two new centres were opened in completely
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The Asylum Seekers "If I could change one thing about Australia..." If I could change one thing about Australia‚ I would change the poor treatment of the Asylum Seekers from war-infested countries. In fact‚ Australia is the only country in the world to mandate the detention of Asylum Seekers. This Anti-Asylum policy has been at the spotlight of international criticism by various humanitarian organisations‚ calling the actions of the Australian Government "an act of discrimination and racism". Australia
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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
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morning members of the Annual Human Rights Commission. I am here to speak about Australia’s imposition of mandatory detention‚ for the asylum seekers who arrive in Australia by boat without visa’s and how this is in violation of common human rights principles. An asylum seeker is a person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another country. This policy was introduced in 1992 and has since been a highly controversial issue that has generated considerable
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Should asylum seekers be sent to Malaysia? “An asylum seeker is a person who has fled their own country and applied for protection as a refugee” (Department of Human Rights‚ 2011). Many asylum seekers come to Australia by boat. The Australian government wants to send its asylum seekers to Malaysia to deter people smuggling. This issue analysis focused on the issue of the Australian government sending its asylum seekers to Malaysia. The range of texts that supported this issue analysis is the
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informed of breaking news‚ ways that they can act to advocate for asylum seeker rights and they also share people’s stories of their experiences as asylum seekers. People under the age of 30 are encouraged to join their Youth Action Project‚ which educates them on how to advocate for refugee rights and the process of contacting their local members of parliament and senators to advocate for asylum seekers to be processed in Australia rather than offshore detention centres. Members of the
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