Magdalene Asylum

The Dark Knight is an engrossing tragedy film that leaps beyond its origins. Batman is not the comic character, that you spent many nights reading his comic book anymore. Because of the amazing performances, the writing, the direction, and the technical quality of the entire production, this movie created characters we come to care about. By putting all the right elements in play, this movie had given the character of Batman a literary merit. This movie is not simply present the good and evil…

of criticisms have been raised over issues pertaining to national and border security, international law, and gender politics. First, “[m]any immigration restrictions adopted in the name of ‘national security’ violate the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers” and, thus, critics have raised concerns over the Safe Third Country…

Osama: I will sue the Hungarian Camerawoman, because of her I lost my chances to seek Asylum in Germany. “It wasn’t an easy trip" With these words began Osama, 52, his speech to the "Huffington Post Arabic," pointing out that what has increased the difficulty of his journey, “[the] foot trip made by the Hungarian Camerawoman [Petra László] in an attempt to stop me and my child Zaid from fleeing the [Hungarian] border police, she got us to the ground [and we were arrested] and that was the…

immigrant is a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence (merriam-webster.com). A refugee is one that flees; especially : a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution (merriam-webster.com). A asylum seeker is a person who, from fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion,social group, or political opinion, has crossed an international frontier into a country in which he or she hopes to be granted refugee status (dictionary.com). If…

A critique of “Understanding the “Boat People,” by Nooria Moray who was once a refugee and; She is clinician by professional and currently holding a senior clinical position at the Sydney Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors. The author has work experience in working with refugees in the Australia and overseas. The article addressed the misconceptions of the ‘boat people’ by some Australian political leaders and local citizens. The issue of the ‘boat…

An asylum seeker is defined as someone seeking protection whose claims for refugee status has either not yet had their application assessed or rejected. Asylum seekers arrive by boat or plane. The government will assess an asylum seekers’ claims and if they are found to be ‘true refugees’ they are granted the approval of a Temporary Protection Visa (TPV). Asylum seekers who arrive “illegally” by boat in Australia are detained in detention centres, where they are detained (without charge and…

. Resettlement involves the selection and transfer of refugees from a state to a second or third state where protection has been sought and has agreed to admit persons as refugees with permanent resident status. The state always provides protection against reimbursement and provides a resettled refugee and his / her family or dependents with access to rights similar to those of nationals. David Fitzgerald analyzes this complex phenomenon of assimilation from the point of view of the sociology of…

First steps in New Zealand When refugees and asylum seekers arrive in New Zealand they spend the first six weeks adjusting to life in the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre. The centre, where currently 165 refugees are staying, consists of four different agencies: Immigration, Medical, Counselling, and Education. Maria Lawyer, who has spent 28 years researching and being involved in refugee education, is a manager at the Centre for Refugee Education. Ms Lawyer always felt strongly about…

The refugee crisis has sparked an outburst in society. 2014-2015 has seen the worst refugee crisis since WWII, with 19.5 million refugees seeking asylum. Many citizens are debating whether to allow refugees within United States borders. Over one-third of all refugee arrivals, or 24,579, came from the Near East in 2015—a region that includes Iraq, Iran, Bhutan, and Afghanistan (American Immigration Council, para.4). In a study, 59% of Americans said the U.S. is at war with radical Islam, and 5…

In “The Framing of Immigration,” George Lakoff and Sam Ferguson claim that issue defining framing is narrowing, particularly in the case of immigration reform. Immigration reform, they claim, is a complex issue whose simple frame ignores security, economic, and social concerns. The authors organizes their claims through the use of specific subclaims, counter arguments, reasons, and evidence. The first subclaim Lakoff and Ferguson mention is that security concern is at the center of the…