Refugee law

TJ: Good Evening and welcome to Q&A, I'm your host Tony Jones; on the panel tonight, Uni Student, Ashleigh Dearling; recent refugee, Angelica Petro; Liberal Politician, Pauline Handson and Retired Army Vet, Emiliyah Hill. Please give an especially warm welcome to our panel. Now, Queensland Theatre Company’s revival of Patricia Cornelius’s play Boy Overboard has hit the headlines the week with it’s theme of Refugee’s coming into Australia. Our first question comes from Margot Louise and reads “…

persecuted for reasons of religion, nationality, race, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, is outside of their country of nationality and is owing to such ear or unable to avail themselves of protection in that country (Genera Refugee Convention, 1951). The number of refugees is increased. During 2015, there were over 21.3 million refugees worldwide, an increase of 1.7 million from 2015 (UNHCR, 2016). Australia has a long history of welcoming refugees. Since federation…

Introduction: Group of persons and individual fleeing persecution have been granting protection by states for centuries; conversely, the refugee regime in the contemporary context is largely the result of the second half of the twentieth century. On like international human rights law, modern refugee law has its roots in the consequences of World War II as well as the refugee crises of the interwar years that preceded it. Enshrined in Article 14(1) of the Universal declaration of Human Rights…

These reservations might have helped the United Kingdom from making unfavorable new amendments in its immigration laws and ensures respect to national laws despite being unfair to refugee children. There is no doubt that a narrow view towards the rights of children from perspective of national interest challenges international humanitarian laws and norms. The discrimination of children from ownership of certain rights based on some selected grounds is against the international…

him over accusations of rape and sexual assault that he supposedly committed in August of 2010 during his visit to Sweden.3 Assange denies these claims, stating that he was given full consent by the women he allegedly assaulted. Due to extradition laws between the United Kingdom and Sweden, Assange fought for the rest of the year under house-arrest against his extradition for…

Canadian families can also sponsor refugee families by assisting them for the first twelve months of their initial arrival. This support includes assisting the family in dealing with the shock of coming to an entirely new place and starting a new life (Lifeline Syria). A refugee family of four requires a minimum of about $20,000 support for a year and start up costs of $7000, these start up costs are used…

Sweden for questioning on the charges of rape, sexual molestation, and unlawful coercion . Subsequently, a Swedish public prosecutor took from Stockholm District Court a domestic detention order against Mr Assange. In compliance with the criminal law of Sweden, the detention order is admissible for the prosecutor to accelerate to issue a European Arrest Warrant . In order to evade justice in Sweden, Assange moved in UK and started long-continued legal process in local courts. By the way,…

the world, Australia isn’t very welcoming to a specific group of people, that is, Asylum Seekers. The Australian government, both past and present, has introduced very tight laws regarding the treatment and Australia’s acceptance of Asylum Seekers. This is unacceptable. Not only is Australia a signatory to the UN 1951 Refugee Convention, which means that we have a duty as a country to protect them, but also Australia only receives and accepts a very minimal amount of refugees every year compared…

Persecution refers to the well-founded fear of physical or economic harm, among others. 1 In order to gain refugee or asylum status, it is imperative that the petitioner establish clearly well-founded fear to the officers of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or the immigration judge. Well-founded fear can be based on race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. 2 However, the term well-founded fear is not defined very clearly; therefore, the…

I looked at myself in the mirror as I slapped cold water across my cheeks to remind myself how privileged I am right now, compared to what I have seen in life before. Taking a walk back down my memory lanes, I remembered how I grew up in a Karen refugee camp that resides in Thailand. I was only eleven years old. My dad and I left Burma…