Legislation in Place to Protect Refugees Essay

led to patrons of Clarkston to withdraw themselves from communal participation and to revolt against the refugees in local government. An obvious divide between refugees and citizens of Clarkston formed. The community of Clarkston elected a mayor that preached about holding on to tradition and not letting anyone change who their city was fundamentally. In doing this, Clarkston residents were trying to take a stand against a relatively positive change because it went against their norms. This made the refugees feel excluded, and betrayed by the false promise of security from the United States. After all of the war and suffering the refugees succumbed to in their home country, they came to America to be dehumanized and treated like unwanted peasants by the local government. If the immigrants had the right to vote, many of these issues would have never materialized in the first…

In February 2016 long overdue legislation was passed to close a loophole in the trade laws. The 1930 Tariff Act barred imported goods that were made, in some part, with child labor; the loophole was the exception that if the product was needed to meet US consumer demands, the product could be imported. This Tariff Act gave US Customs and Border Patrol the authority to seize shipments that child labor was suspected in and could block further imports. This Act was last enforced in the year 2000…

"Australia has done a wonderful job of protecting human rights and it should be proud of its position on the world stage.” Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson, Feb 3 2015. Analyse this statement with reference to at least two cases and one piece of legislation supporting your position. Be critical and analytical in your research and response. Within society, human rights play a crucial role for individuals and the community to ensure that everyone, regardless of “distinction of any kind,…

The world continues to record escalating number of refugees. Governments guarantee the physical security and basic human rights of its citizens and the refugees. When civilians become refugees, the safety, and human rights disappears. In this case, countries should be aware and act on their obligations to protect refugees and people seeking asylum. In some cases, host countries fail to protect these refugees. Consequently, these refugees have a hard time catering for their families and meeting…

There are numerous legislations and policies that govern and protect victims of domestic violence (DV), although the most common legislation currently in place is the Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 (DFV). DV within Australia is an increasing problem within the legal, social and medical fields. Phillips (2006) explains that an estimated 36% of female domestic violence victims are faced with physical assault, while 19% are victims of sexual assault. In Australia on…

The securitization of Asylum Seekers by Australia Orin Troyer Introduction By the conclusion of 2014, in accordance to reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) there are approximately 59.5 million displaced people globally as a result of conflict, violence, environmental degradation and human rights violations. Of these, approximately 19.5 million are classified as an asylum seeker or refugee collectively. A refugee is a person who is unable or unwilling to…

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…

Commissioner for Refugees estimated that 10.4 million people worldwide were classed as refugees. That is, 10.4 million people that had fled their home country in fear of persecution. In 2011 there were a total of 1,669,725 asylum applications received worldwide, yet only 0.92% of those were made to Australia (Healey 2013). Despite being a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention, Australia has some of the toughest immigration policies worldwide. Australia, for example, is the only western…

Doras Luimni Introduction Doras Luimni was founded by a small group of dedicated volunteers in the year 2000, in response to the establishment of “Direct Provision” system by the Irish Government, which dispersed asylum seekers to accommodation centres in Limerick and around the country. The name Doras was chosen to symbolise an open door welcoming new communities to Limerick and as an acronym for Development Organisation for Refugees and Asylum Seekers. (Doras Luimni, n/a) Mission Statement-…

protected the right to “due process” and vote. Thus, for a brief moment, the United States was the most democratic than it had been ever before because an entire population that had no impact on politics, before 1877, was able to do so. However, as the black community gained significant political and social protections, the white upper middle class Americans in power felt threatened, mostly because of economic circumstances, and resulted in the legislation of black codes that followed the frame…