When someone wishes to go to Australia, to flee persecution, they apply for protection with the Australian government. While they’re being processed for whether or not they are eligible to have asylum in Australia, they are kept in large camps called detention centres, and are called Asylum seekers. However, these detention centres are cruel and inhumane in their treatment of asylum seekers, and should absolutely not be used to hold anyone.
Case in point, Don Dale detention centre, the place of the former juvenile prison, located in rural Northern Territory. This centre has recently come under fire for inhumane treatment of teenagers during riot. (Warning: These images are distressing) This image is of a youth detained at the centre, who was put in a spit mask, choked and exposed to tear gas, all techniques similar to those used by the US government in the illegal Abu Ghraib prison. This is a violation of human rights. This and two other boys have recently won a settlement which gave them $53,000. Is this enough?
No better is another famous detention centre that Australia is holding asylum seekers in, Manus Island. As well as the before mentioned cruelty of the guards, a former employee …show more content…
To answer that, I ask you this. Imagine yourself in the shoes of an asylum seeker from Syria. In Syria, there is a civil war, being fought between Syrian rebels and the Syrian government. Many, many people are killed each day, doing simple things like going to work or school, or even just in their own homes. Imagine that each day, you know there’s a good chance that you might die. So in this situation, do you think that it is fair for people who have had the privilege of being born in a more developed country to turn you away because you might be a threat? Can the politicians of our country really think that these centres are a better solution than keeping these people in our
Case in point, Don Dale detention centre, the place of the former juvenile prison, located in rural Northern Territory. This centre has recently come under fire for inhumane treatment of teenagers during riot. (Warning: These images are distressing) This image is of a youth detained at the centre, who was put in a spit mask, choked and exposed to tear gas, all techniques similar to those used by the US government in the illegal Abu Ghraib prison. This is a violation of human rights. This and two other boys have recently won a settlement which gave them $53,000. Is this enough?
No better is another famous detention centre that Australia is holding asylum seekers in, Manus Island. As well as the before mentioned cruelty of the guards, a former employee …show more content…
To answer that, I ask you this. Imagine yourself in the shoes of an asylum seeker from Syria. In Syria, there is a civil war, being fought between Syrian rebels and the Syrian government. Many, many people are killed each day, doing simple things like going to work or school, or even just in their own homes. Imagine that each day, you know there’s a good chance that you might die. So in this situation, do you think that it is fair for people who have had the privilege of being born in a more developed country to turn you away because you might be a threat? Can the politicians of our country really think that these centres are a better solution than keeping these people in our