Immigration detention

Italy, as a whole, has been shaped by its long and rich history. This includes everything from class and racial conflict, to military advancements, the slow creep of fascism under Mussolini, and myriad economic and immigration related issues. Italy has long prided itself on an ability to welcome immigrants and a general sense that racial identity should always be secondary to national identity. Fundamentally, this meant that Italians cared more about whether or not a person was born in Italy and…

In fact, in year 2014, Australia has accepted 6,501 refugees for immigration. This is considered to be the second-biggest resettlement in the world. In year 2013, 24,300 claims for asylum were received and accepted in Australia, making it the eighth major receiver of asylum searchers in the world. It has been stated that…

There are many overseas-born people living in Australia who have migrated to seek a better life. The percentage of Vietnamese-born Australians as of June 2011 is 0.9%. Most Vietnamese migrants came to Australia after the Vietnamese war to live a better and safer life. Student migrants come to Australia to study and gain a better education to improve their quality of life. Part A: In 1975 many Vietnamese people migrated to Australia mainly because that was the year the Vietnam War ended. Before…

Laws in Australia are often created to protect the country from perceived threats from outside of the nation. Australia as a nation has significantly grown in population, allies and fears. Australia’s population growth is mainly due to immigration after the Second World War affecting contemporary Australia. The nation was also able to build itself an image in the international community when Australia was able to have a say in its foreign policies and allies. With a growing population and…

Why? why does Australia do this? As a nation we are meant to be free, but then as soon as people arrive here to be in a safe environment they are thrown into detention centres onto remotes islands such as Manus. If these people are running from dangerous and unhealthy situations, then why are they being put into similar situations in another country. The three topics that are being covered include: how Australia doesn’t protect the human rights, what the rights towards refugees and asylum…

Refugee youth in particular struggle in accessing PSE. In 2011, youth who immigrated to Canada before the age of 15 had high school and university completion rates that were higher than those of third- or higher-generation Canadians. However, another Statistics Canada report found that children of refugees had a much lower completion of university than children of economic migrants and skilled workers. A study from York University states that a large and growing percentage of refugees have…

immigrants and their experiences in america and how they feel or what they did here. One story that really interested me was The Writing on the Wall. The sequence of events they had to go through where interesting. The Sentence They were sent to a detention center on Angles Island. Held there for 2 days, 2 weeks, 2 months, and as long as 2 years ( Dungy 80). This really show the immigrants were willing to wait for as long as it took to get into america. They did not care if they died trying.…

like others. One interesting point in the film that made me recognize my position on migration and immigration reform was that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement made deportation an increasingly high priority and that they needed the numbers of…

Immigration for centuries has been a common theme in the United States. The US alone is a current melting pot and will continue to be so. Currently we are at an all-time high with immigration. “Immigrants in the US and their US born children now approximately 81 million people or 26 percent of the overall US population” (Zong and Batavola, 2016) with that being said, our current president of the United States wants to decrease the current immigration “problem” that is at hand. People tend to…

Immigration has become a divisive topic in the past year with many presidential candidates and legislators arguing on how it should be handled. The talking points on immigration have evolved to securing the southern border with Mexico and controlling the numbers of immigrants coming into the country. In estimates from 2013, the immigrant population is about 41.3 million individuals which is about 13 percent of the whole United States population (Zong and Batalova). This number includes refugees…