Who are these People? Asylum seekers are people who have fled their own country to seek refuge in another country whereby they apply for ‘asylum’ or rights to be recognised as genuine refugees with legal status and the assistance that it entails. Many of the asylum seekers we see crossing Australian borders are from the Middle East and Asia. Reasons for the illegal entry varies for the individual‚ but most commonly relates to discrimination of one reason or another‚ such as religion‚ nationality
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Only a person who can claim that they have a well-founded fear of persecution can claim asylum. The majority of asylum seekers come to the UK from four main countries. These are Afghanistan‚ Iraq‚ Somalia and Sri Lanka. Different people see the asylum seekers in different situations. Some see them and immediately give them sympathy and say that they would do the same if they were in the same situation. Whilst others see them all as people who only come here for the money and this annoys them
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Asylum Seeker In today’s society we are safe; we can go outside and not have any worries about our safety. In Australia we have the freedom of speech; we have the right to elect our Prime Ministers. And we are very fortunate that we live in Australia and yet we all seem to take it for granted‚ is that because we are naive or just stupid? We Australians are a multicultural‚ we have different types of races in different suburbs in different cities‚ and yet we act like we all share the same views
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over how to deal with asylum seekers. 10Jan14 Prisoner transport to match shipping container cells. The Victorian Government’s plan to use shipping containers as prison cells to alleviate prison overcrowding. 8Jan14 Frosty weather. A look at both the freezing weather in America and the cool relations between Australia and Indonesia over asylum seekers. The feud between Australia and Indonesia over how to deal with asylum seekers. 10Jan14 Prisoner
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Equality and Difference – Asylum Seekers PART 1 Asylum seekers are a group of people‚ who from fear of persecution for reasons of race‚ religion‚ social group or political opinion‚ has crossed an international frontier into a country in which they hope to be granted refugee status. The Australian public opinion towards asylum seekers has often been unwelcoming at best and hostile at worst and this is often the way the media has portrayed the influx of people seeking asylum in Australia. Prime
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No Child’s Play: Children in Immigration Detention Asylum seekers become an increasingly controversial topic not just in Australia‚ but also around the world. Asylum seekers are people who flee their homeland in order to find safety from dangerous circumstances that are out of their control (Australian Human Rights Commission‚ 2014). On arrival in or near Australian land‚ these peace seekers are detained until their claims can be legally processed and they are either granted an Australian visa or
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Scott McCulloch – 4104576812 Argumentative Essay Hypothesis Australia should ban the indefinite mandatory detention of asylum seekers‚ and pursue a policy of Community Placement for those at stage two of the application process. Abstract Stage two indefinite mandatory detention should be banned in Australia. Enormous financial resources are being used to detain a vulnerable group that make up only 0.3 per cent of all immigration intake. As a signatory to the Convention relating to the
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#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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Cost and Benefit Analysis September 11 2012 Table of Contents Introduction: Recently the Labor Government introduced a Bill and Australia’s Parliament passed a law that would allow asylum seekers to be sent to Papua New Guinea and Nauru to undergo offshore processing. This decision has caused a lot of commotion‚ since other people think that onshore processing is the more correct way of dealing with asylum seekers. Asylum seekers have always existed‚ ever since
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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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