The Importance Of Management Of Refugees In Australia

One major human rights issue that has been debated for the past decade in Australia, is the protection and treatment of refugees who land on Australian shores. “At the end of 2015, the number of refugees reached 65.3 million, revealing that 1 in every 113 people are displaced from their home.” This constant rise in refugee number highlights the importance for Australia’s government to move towards better solutions for the management of asylum seekers. This essay will consider the political context that surround refugees, giving the perspectives on the debate of whether to accept or deny refugees. This will also discuss international and domestic protections that have been put in place but fail to protect the rights of refugees. Highlighting the issues will then allow recommendations for …show more content…
It is described as a military-led, border security operation supported by a wide range of government agencies establish to combat people smuggling (Department of immigration and Border protection). What it aims to do is completely stop asylum seekers boats from reaching Australian shores by turning back boats. This directly violates Article 1 of the Convention relation to the Status of Refugees as those who meet the requirements of the status refugee would not be identified and totally denied all rights.
Due to the number of questionable decision and policies made the Australian government, they have faced numerous legal challenges on many of their decision. One including the returning of Sri Lanka asylum seekers after intercepting them. Government decision was to return these asylum seekers back to Sri lanka but that was challenged in the High Court where 52 international law scholars have condemned Australia’s decision to return the asylum seekers as a violation of international law risking sending people back to the dangers that wait in their home country ( Sarah