Refugee law

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 country to place asylum seekers in mandatory detention instead of allowing them to live in the community while their…

Australia is a ‘receiving’ country and bears the responsibility as an international citizen to take in asylum seekers. The Parliament of Australia defines asylum-seekers as “individuals who have sought international protection and whose claims for refugee status have not yet been determined. Those covered [by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)] refer to claimants whose individual applications are pending, irrespective of when they may have been lodged.” This differs from…

various factors relating to the Syrian refugee crisis that have strained Lebanon’s infrastructure and exacerbated the issues that the country faces. Lebanon’s institutions are no longer capable of handling the large amount of refugees with its current resources. There are currently over one million registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon within its 4.4 million Lebanese population (UNHCR). This means that nearly 1 out of every 5 people in Lebanon is a Syrian refugee. The infrastructure will only…

Thousands of muslims rohingya have escape from Myanmar, many of them are crossing by land into the border of Bangladesh. while some others choose to take the sea to reach others countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The discriminatory policies of the myanmar government in rakhin state, which have caused hundred of thousands of rohingya to flee sinced the late 1970s. Their plight has been compounded by the responses of many of Myanmar’s neighbors, which have been slow to take in…

States (8 Ways to Solve the World Refugee Crisis). Families seeking a new home will stop at nothing to find shelter from the threats of their home country. Endangering themselves and their families by taking drastic measures to escape the chaos of a home they live in. The city of Fargo should continue bringing in refugees because the United States is a safe and open environment, it would saves thousands of lives, and refugees can increase the economy. A refugee is a person who has decided to…

Following this 1976 Immigration Act, Canada implemented a more diverse and fitting Immigration and Refugee Protection Act that emphasised the importance of family reunification and humanitarian concerns regarding the economic interest and the value of language and adaptability for incoming Canadian residents. Existing programs to help immigrants to learn…

European nations would argue otherwise. The Syrian refugee crisis continues to be an international issue as the United States and other non-European nations begin to extend asylum offers to refugees, while European nations hope the 230 million euros they have invested in researching methods to hinder illegal immigration will prove successful in combatting refugees looking to immigrate illegally. Meanwhile, they will also search for methods to aid refugee programs in handling the massive influx…

Human rights are universally grounded on the values of respect and fundamental freedoms; the central notion is that each individual is an ethical and balanced being who deserves to be treated with dignity. We are all equal, “born free and equal in dignity and rights,” and we are wholly entitled to human rights by virtue of being human. One’s gender, nationality, domestic or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status does not alter an individuals’ eligibility to human rights,…

bombs that are flying through the sky or gunshots firing. They can also lose precious physical objects like their homes and land.One positive impact of war on many refugees, is that they learn to really appreciate their home. When walking through a refugee camp and see the people living there, Najmah thinks "the only thing…

Pathos Analysis The article that I selected was about the Syrian Refugee crisis in Germany. The article effectively conveys pathos in getting the reader angry over the injustice going on with the Berlin asylum policy. One example where the article clearly conveys the “deplorable” conditions that refugees live in is when it states, “ The upshot is that refugees end up festering away in reception centers in Hungary, Bulgaria and Italy amid conditions that organizations such as Human Rights Watch…