REFUGEES IN AUSTRALIA
Introduction
The treatment of refugees in Australia is becoming a much wondered about issue. The purpose of this report is to figure out why refugees in Australia are a disadvantaged social group and to propose ways to make them a non-disadvantaged group. The topics of Social Disadvantages and Political Disadvantages within Australian refugees. Social disadvantages include racism and access to education and healthcare. Political disadvantages include poor governance, and poor welfare.
Social Differences
Racism
Despite Australia having a non-discriminatory immigration policy (meaning that anyone from any country regardless of ethnic origin, nationality, gender, colour or religion can apply to migrate to Australia) racism is still imminent (Racismnoway.com.au, 2016). Racism is an extremely tender subject for every refugee. Foreigners can have their lives somewhat ruined and their quit their occupation because of racism in the workplace. People will commonly misjudge refugees because of the way that their country has portrayed them as a race (Sidoti, 2002). Such countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Sudan are war stricken and it can be thought that ‘all people whom come from these countries are also …show more content…
To improve these problems the and eventually stop them forever, refugees mainly need the government to supply them with better education. With education refugees will be able to bring themselves out of a disadvantaged social group. Educating the refugees in health, living in Australian society and English will greatly help the society of them and overall decrease problems with them, because they will understand the need for jobs. This will also help the government, in the long term, increase their economic status and have spare money to spend on other disadvantaged groups of
Introduction
The treatment of refugees in Australia is becoming a much wondered about issue. The purpose of this report is to figure out why refugees in Australia are a disadvantaged social group and to propose ways to make them a non-disadvantaged group. The topics of Social Disadvantages and Political Disadvantages within Australian refugees. Social disadvantages include racism and access to education and healthcare. Political disadvantages include poor governance, and poor welfare.
Social Differences
Racism
Despite Australia having a non-discriminatory immigration policy (meaning that anyone from any country regardless of ethnic origin, nationality, gender, colour or religion can apply to migrate to Australia) racism is still imminent (Racismnoway.com.au, 2016). Racism is an extremely tender subject for every refugee. Foreigners can have their lives somewhat ruined and their quit their occupation because of racism in the workplace. People will commonly misjudge refugees because of the way that their country has portrayed them as a race (Sidoti, 2002). Such countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Sudan are war stricken and it can be thought that ‘all people whom come from these countries are also …show more content…
To improve these problems the and eventually stop them forever, refugees mainly need the government to supply them with better education. With education refugees will be able to bring themselves out of a disadvantaged social group. Educating the refugees in health, living in Australian society and English will greatly help the society of them and overall decrease problems with them, because they will understand the need for jobs. This will also help the government, in the long term, increase their economic status and have spare money to spend on other disadvantaged groups of