put into action after the September 9/11 attacks. This policy prevented refugees from landing in Australia‚ but instead‚ transporting these refugees to different detention centres scattered around the Pacific Ocean where they were kept until their refugee status was confirmed. The offshore processing centres were the result of international criticism‚ and detainees were subject to harsh and inhumane treatment. The decision caused international backlash from other nations and the UN. Like‚ even North
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very homesick.Matters don’t improve on her first day in her new school; she feels lost in the Englisheducation system‚ much less harsh and demanding with students than in Nigeria. Eventhough she finds friendship and understandingwithMariam‚ a fellow refugee‚ and MrMorris‚ the English teacher‚ she starts getting bullied by Marcia‚ and her gang. She isforced to steal a lighter for them‚ for example‚ in Mariam’s uncle’s store‚ somethingthat she feels very guilty about. She starts dreading going to school
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“This is my story. This is the sacrifice my father made. This was his gift to me.” The prescribed text “Life Is Beautiful” by Roberto Benigni (1998) explores how obstacles and challenges are integral to aspects of inner journeys. Similar features are revealed in the two related texts. The news article “A Young Refugees Plea for a Better Future” Nooria Wazefadost (2004) SMH and the poem “The Road Not Taken”‚ by Robert Frost (1916). However‚ all texts highlight the central concept that though the
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well-known written work ‘Contested Domains: Debates in International Labour Studies’‚ during the post-war period‚ the majority of the Western countries were encouraging the whole immigration process due to the lack in labour force. In general‚ except refugee immigration‚ the events that took place were due mainly to economic factors‚ factors such as need for a specific type of workers in the receiving country‚ income differences‚ immigration policy of the host country (demand factors). However‚ non-economic
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Migration Act 1958 requires people who are not citizens and are unlawfully in Australia to be detained. This legislation ensures that asylum seekers arriving in Australia can be detained for unspecific and prolonged periods of time. No one wants to be a refugee: they just want to live a normal life like everyone else but they are powerless to change the situation in their country‚ to change their circumstances. This all began with an imbalance of equality‚ two sides fighting for supremacy and eventually
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Preamble: For decades‚ they were largely ignored and forgotten‚ but together they probably comprise the world‟s largest group of vulnerable people. Currently‚ there are an estimated 30 million of them in at least 50 countries living amidst war and persecution. They have little legal or physical protection and a very uncertain future – outcasts in their own countries. Bureaucratically‚ they are described as IDPs – or „internally displaced persons.‟ In the real world‚ they are civilians‚ mostly women
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ensure that Asylum seekers are treated human and with dignity. Australia is becoming known as one of the toughest countries on asylum seekers who arrive illegally on its shores. Its strict mandatory detention policy is widely criticized by the UN‚ refugee organizations‚ and opposition parties in Australia. The policy is not only arbitrary‚ but also flawed. Recent events‚ such as the Tampa affair‚ child overboard affair‚ Cornea Rea‚ Nauru etc has revealed the willingness of our Government’s to
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targets of Nazis. He stamped visas for refugees and Jews for entering Portugal during 16-23. June 1994. He saved over 30‚000 refugees including 12‚000 Jews. He lost his job and was put on the black list so he couldn’t have any job in Portugal. Jewish Refugee Agency aided Mendes and his family food and the house rent fee‚ but he died of poverty on 3. April 1954. 2‚ Analysis of Mendes’s act of resistance. Mendes’ act of resistance does not seem to oppose the identity profile I charted. He was a
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From 1945 to the year 2000‚ we saw many changing patterns of migration undertake across all nations for various reasons. A series of events in Australia’s history have lead up to the change in migration patterns. From the middle of the nineteenth century‚ Australia was a destination for migrants. From 1945‚ 6.8 million people came to Australia as new settlers. The controversy surrounding the early migration is said to be the introduction of the ‘White Australia’ policy which was one of the first
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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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