#LetThemStay: Thousands gather in cities all over Australia to rally against asylum seekers deported back to Nauru Thousands of protesters gather in cities all over Australia on Wednesday calling on to the Federal Government not to deport 267 asylum seekers back to Nauru. The protest was in response to the High Court ruling allowing almost 300 asylum seekers‚ including 72 children to be sent back to offshore detention at Nauru. ABC reported the demonstrators gathered in Melbourne‚ Adelaide‚ Sydney
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Refugee resettlement is a very important and debated issue in Australia today. A refugee is a person who has fled their country of origin and is unable or unwilling to return because of a well-founded fear of being persecuted because of their race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ membership of a particular social group or political opinion. (Amnesty 2012). This is an issue that is extremely relevant‚ especially with large outflows of refugees from countries such as Syria‚ Afghanistan and Somalia (UNHCR 2015
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Every day individuals can encounter discoveries‚ which may have been planned or unintentional. These discoveries can be fresh and intensely meaningful for an individual‚ allowing them to speculate about future possibilities. Through my analysis of ‘Go Back to Where you Came From’ by Ivan O’Mahoney and ‘You Are Not Your Body’ by Janine Shepherd‚ I have been able to explore how texts can display how the ramifications of the individuals’ discoveries differ from each other due to their previous social
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Cooper‚ Professor of International Human Rights here at Melbourne University. Today‚ I will provide you with valuable facts and knowledge on why the laws regarding mandatory detention of asylum seekers should be modified to give these innocent human beings what they deserve...the opportunity to belong. These asylum seekers have fled their war torn countries in order to escape death. They then spend countless months on a substandard ship with the bare minimum of food to survive on each day. Finally
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altered in a different manner‚ he was forced by conflict to take a massive risk and flee from his country to seek asylum in Australia. The fact that Najaf saw that stepping onto a rickety old boat was a better option to staying in his own country just shows the severity of the dangers to living in Afghanistan. This is a huge change for someone to make in their lives. For some of the asylum seekers moving away from their families and getting put into the poor conditions of the refugee camps was just
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and his Asylum seeker policy I have chosen a relevant cartoon by Cathy Wilcox‚ published in the Sydney Morning Herald on the 22nd of December 2013. I’ll firstly outline the cartoon’s contextual information‚ after which I’ll explore the satirical elements used by Wilcox to persuade the readers of her perspective. Finishing with an evaluation of the cartoons effectiveness. Firstly‚ to the context of this cartoon. The cartoon addresses the desperate and dangerous situation of asylum seekers
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social control that changed the outlook of what makes an individual insane? Is it the medication they receive or is the way they are treated in the asylum? Is there any type of moral treatment for these patients? Many can agree that mantel asylums are the reason that an individual become mad‚ individuals in mantel asylums are treated like animals. Moral treatment I can agree is the key to helping individuals in mantel asylums. Take example my mother a couple years ago was diagnosed with
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of immigration from neighbouring southeast Asian countries‚ Australia’s policies regarding the topic of asylum seekers are not nearly up to par with other countries. Australia‚ generally‚ treats the people who seek refuge in the country very poorly in comparison to other nations. It is important to note that seeking asylum is not‚ in fact‚ illegal. Human beings have the right to seek asylum in the event of political strife or fear of unjust persecution; this is outlined in the agreement set out
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according to Brewer (214). The Magdalene Sisters‚ at the time of its release in 2002‚ was at the time a very topical and contemporary issue‚ not least due to the recent uncovering of Church abuse on a systemic level. “The history of Ireland’s Magdalen asylums is‚ then‚ incomplete‚ and the still- emerging facts are even more disturbing than the fiction of Mullan’s film.” (Smith) The consequent discovery of unmarked graves such as those in High Park and Glasnevin cemetery further added to the
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Case: The Asylum Case (1960 World) Facts: Torre‚ the unsuccessful leader of a military rebellion in Peru in 1948‚ sought political asylum in the Columbian embassy in Lima. Peru refused to allow Torre to leave the country‚ and insisted he be given over to Peru to be tried for military rebellion. Dispute referred to the ICJ‚ which first decided that Columbia had no treaty right to declare that Torre was entitled to the status of a political offender eligible for political asylum. The ICJ then turned
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