Research Question: “How has Australia protected human rights of asylum seekers in Immigration detention centers?”
My Research Project was motivated by a movie screening I had attended during Refugee Week. The film viewed was “Mary meets Mohammad” (2013), which documented the commencement of Tasmania’s first Immigration detention Centre in 2011. From this involvement I was inquisitive as to how alacritous Australia’s society is in supporting asylum seekers and refugees.
Having limited prior knowledge on this divisive social issue meant absorbing as much valid material possible was a prerequisite. Humanitarian Organization papers by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), government reports, textbooks, as well as …show more content…
Subsequent to this was determining the length, depth and scope of my project. As, to comprehend this extensive subject matter I was obligated to assign limits to the broadness of my topic through the refinement of my topic question. Preliminary support was obtained through Catherine Russell, a friend and refugee advocate, whom encouraged me to guise deeper into the violations of human rights amongst detention centers, asylum seekers and refugees. The concerning issue of human rights was a first-hand miscellany of understanding for …show more content…
Hence I read “The undesirables – Inside Nauru” by Mark Isaacs. The study was not prejudiced but supported by factual evidence developed via an in depth investigation into how immigration detention facilities run in Australia. This investigation was the first to be allowed in Australia, as the Australian Federal Government had condemned any commencement beforehand. The book permitted me to understand the injustice of detention centers and when compared, everything substantiated with other valid sources. This book caused an emotional response in me, in the direction of how ignorant and unsympathetic people can be. “We advocate for everyone to be treated innocent until proven guilty in a court” yet asylum seekers are prisoners. They do not have work rights; they receive the lowest welfare payments in Australia, which means they live under such extreme financial hardships. I also discovered through this book and internet sources how upon their release from detention they are also obliged to sign a code of conduct that allows the government to place them back in detention for acts of “unsocial” behavior, however sometimes the government takes them back without counsel. Since viewing news broadcasts more frequently it also became clear how the government introduces stricter restrictions on asylum seekers and refugees on a regular