We have been lead blindly toward the view that allowing asylum seekers into our country is as Tony Abbott puts so bluntly‚ "misguided altruism." In reality‚ it is not our kindness that is misguided‚ but our perspective which has also become increasingly narrow and one-sided. Right now‚ all we are doing is reciprocating the overblown arguments of politicians with an attitude that is both uncompromising and selfish. We hold the mistaken belief that the interests of our country can only be protected
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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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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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Malaysia Solution Essay Braeden Alexanderson Year 10 The word Asylum seekers is not an unknown topic to Australia. The Asylum seekers or ‘boat people’ have been contentious issue in Australian politics for many years. According to Google dictionary an Asylum seeker is: “a person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another.”The big debate surrounding the area of asylum seekers is how to moderate the amount of boat people coming into Australia. The Malaysian
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which keeps them 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
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Assess the effectiveness of the legal system in dealing with asylum seeks and refugees? Introduction * Legal system: purpose to bring justice and civilization to a community Enforced by police and other figures of authority applied equally basis and fundamentals of having a cooperative society and country made up of institutions e.g. Australian Human Rights Commissions or UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). (Legal Studies workbook) Ultimately the goal of the law
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Introduction: The terms refugee and asylum seeker are different; according to the UNHCR “ an asylum-seeker is someone who says he or she is a refugee‚ but whose claim has not yet been definitively evaluated.”1 The definition of a Refugee is different it reads: “Someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted due to race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ membership of a social group or political opinion.” 1 This report gives
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Faced by Refugees and Asylum Seekers 3 Planned Intervention 5 Background to Project 7 Aims and Objectives 7 References 9 Refugees and Asylum Seeker’s Health Care Needs: A Health Promotion Proposal Part 1 Introduction The world we live in is characterised by peace and conflicts that have often result to population movement. Those in conflict zones attempt to move to peaceful regions as refugees or asylum seekers. Under the 1951 UN convention and its 1967 protocol an asylum seeker is a person from
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Discrimination against Asylum seekers and Refugees remains a social issue- Discuss Introduction In the following assignment I will discuss asylum seekers and refugees in the UK and attempt to explore the discrimination they often face and the reasons to why they are discriminated against. Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their membership or perceived membership in a certain group or category. (Wiki 2012) Observing these issues from a sociological perspective
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