Good evening ladies and gentlemen‚ tonight as the second speaker of the affirmative team I will be discussing the ethical and social side of the debate. But before I go on‚ I would just like to point out a few flaws in the opposition’s argument. Rebuttal Now onto my first point‚ that John Howard’s Pacific Solution is much more ethical than other suggested solutions. During the 7 years that his solution was in place- 2001 till 2007- only 404 asylum seekers died while at sea. This number was shockingly
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Asylum seekers have been escaping their hostile countries for decades now‚ but where are they fleeing to? Not to Australia. With the Australian government forcing asylum seekers to Thailand and other foreign countries‚ it is lessening the number we‚ as Australians‚ have to "deal with"‚ at least that is the government’s plan. Many Australians believe that asylum seekers and refugees don’t deserve to come here to Australia‚ however if those Australians were to be forced to flee Australia due to war
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Donald Trump once said "If I had a bowl of skittles and I told you just three would kill you. Would you take a handful? That’s our Syrian refugee problem." This is a topic of major debate in many countries from all over the world. Should they let refugees into their country? Some countries like USA have only take a few hundred‚ while others like Germany take tens of thousands every year. These people are running not because they want to leave their homes‚ but because they have to. A variety of countries
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under 7‚000‚ because of their anti-immigration policies. In 1969‚ Canada signed the United Nations convention relating to the status of refugees. The convention allowed anyone who was defined as a refugee to seek asylum in countries who provide it. However‚ Canada did not have a formal way to test refugee claims‚ so immigrants could claim to be refugees and be aloud into Canada. This caused the immigrant population to rise to 67‚ 925 in the 10 years following the 1969 adoption of the convention relating
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Rescue the Refugees: Allow Refugees into the U.S. One of the major problems facing the United States is whether or not to take in refugees from war and poverty ravaged countries throughout the world. The refugee issue has been highly debated by many politicians.These governors believe that further security measures should be in place to screen refugees for terrorist tendencies. Those in favor of resettling refugees reason that refugees’ lives are endangered in their homelands and America should
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Introduction This report will discuss how immigration can assist the Canadian economy to fill labour gaps more efficiently and effectively. The future of Canada’s economic growth lies with a productive immigration policy that will attract the foreign individuals needed to fill our skilled worker gaps. For many years‚ the governing bodies of Canada have been aware that the labour force in Canada would diminish to a point where it could no longer effectively supply enough skilled workers to meet
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society‚ strange that. In the early 18 hundreds didn’t English people travel vast oceans on boats to seek refuge in Australia? Hmmm. Strange that 200 years later people from across the globe‚ are doing the same thing BUT we are locking them up in refugee camps. Isn’t there something wrong about that? The Aboriginals‚ natives of Australian never locked up the English Settlers or even the convicts‚ they might have had their ups and downs but they never imprisoned over 2000 people‚ wait isn’t that
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“This is a 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?
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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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Climate refugee In 2011‚ IDMC reported that disasters such as floods‚ storms and earthquakes triggered the displacement of over 15 million‚ more than 90% of which were related to climate or extreme weather events. Displacement related to slow-onset disasters‚ including drought and long-term processes of environmental degradation and habitat loss displace many more‚ but is un-quantified. International Organization for Migration The links between climate change and migration‚ however‚ are complicated
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