1970's And Asylum Seekers In The 21st Century
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 light to the contrasting circumstances of the influx of refugees and asylum seekers in the 1970’s and the 21st Century, in order to find patterns and present recommendations for the managing of refugees and asylum seekers in the future.
Global factors that have caused people to become refugees and asylum seekers:
1970’s
Since the 1970’s there has been a constant trend as to why people seek refuge in Australia that is persecution, war and invasion. During the 1970’s Australia took in a lot of asylum seekers that had been displaced due to persecution, war and invasion:
In 1972, 198 Asians were extradited by Uganda’s President Idi Amin were settled in Australia.2
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Although in 1978, 3 years after the Fall of Saigon they disguised themselves as fishermen and got on to a small boat that carried 34 asylum seekers and was headed for Malaysia.
“They were crammed, petrified and thought they were going to drown.”
Disaster struck two days into the voyage when they ran out of water, as a result fruit supplies were used to rehydrate. Six days later with no supplies whatsoever they were saved by the Malaysian Navy and taken to a refugee camp. After only spending six weeks in the camp, Cuc and Minh were granted access to go and resettle in Australia.5
21st
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 light to the contrasting circumstances of the influx of refugees and asylum seekers in the 1970’s and the 21st Century, in order to find patterns and present recommendations for the managing of refugees and asylum seekers in the future.
Global factors that have caused people to become refugees and asylum seekers:
1970’s
Since the 1970’s there has been a constant trend as to why people seek refuge in Australia that is persecution, war and invasion. During the 1970’s Australia took in a lot of asylum seekers that had been displaced due to persecution, war and invasion:
In 1972, 198 Asians were extradited by Uganda’s President Idi Amin were settled in Australia.2
In …show more content…
Although in 1978, 3 years after the Fall of Saigon they disguised themselves as fishermen and got on to a small boat that carried 34 asylum seekers and was headed for Malaysia.
“They were crammed, petrified and thought they were going to drown.”
Disaster struck two days into the voyage when they ran out of water, as a result fruit supplies were used to rehydrate. Six days later with no supplies whatsoever they were saved by the Malaysian Navy and taken to a refugee camp. After only spending six weeks in the camp, Cuc and Minh were granted access to go and resettle in Australia.5
21st