Refugee

Introduction 1.1 Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Australia In Australia the Refugee and Asylum Seeker social justice issue is a recurring matter that causes the Australian Government to take action. The Refugee issue in Australia divides the nation in half between the Government’s and the Catholic Church’s opinions. This causes a range of interest including professionals, priests, students and more people to write about the Refugee social justice issue. Morrissey is a professional who wrote…

In recent decades, there has been a global increase in the number of displaced people and people seeking asylum. The sheer magnitude and complexity of refugee movements has placed pressure on many destination countries to respond in ways which are sustainable, economical and respectful of human rights. One such approach has been the creation of detention centres to process asylum seekers. In this essay, an argument is made that while short-term detention of asylum seekers is justifiable,…

the Palestinian territories then there are living within the country. Within the reading, the term "refugee" is applied to all Palestinians who had to leave their homeland against their own will. The trauma of Palestinian refugees began with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has led to the formation of the Palestinian diaspora and the foundation of the state of Israel. The fate of being a refugee and the unsatisfactory conditions in many Arab countries resulted in the unification of the…

A refugee is a migrant, not by choice, involuntary, a victim, powerless to politics, war and natural disasters. Desperate individuals, fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters are fleeing their homes, leaving family and their most valuable possessions behind to board on dangerous and unsafe vessels headed for Australia. In doing this, it has created an uproar of panic and fear, and a massive social issue and debate in Australia about people seeking asylum. Has Australia forgotten that in 1951…

Canada is often referred to as a cultural mosaic, meaning that it is a nation that considers different races, ethnicities, and otherness of its citizens an essential part to its existence (Immigration, 2011). Immigration is the main reason why Canada is referred to as the cultural mosaic because many people immigrate to Canada from different places. The people who immigrate to Canada often have different religious and beliefs and in Canada they are allowed to practice whatever they like and are…

the influx of people entering the country illegally. The struggle and length of time it takes to obtain refugee status, and the prominent danger these people are in, often leads them to enter the country illegally. Illegal Immigration policy must be a priority for the United States, as it affects the lives of men, women and children who are victims of violence and corruption worthy of refugee status, that deserve to…

According to United Nation Refugee Convention a refugee is defined as person who has been forced to flee their country of origin and is unable or unwilling return due to fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2015). Refugees are place or held in refugee camps or immigration detention centers where they experience, violence imprisonment, torture, and dangerous travel…

Syrian people are fleeing their native country to Canada and other safe countries mainly because of the civil war, which has left their homeland in complete devastation. The war that has been relentless since spring of 2011, after pro-democracy turned violent when some teenagers were arrested and tortured for painting revolutionary slogans on a school wall. This caused hundreds of thousands of people to take to the streets, all over the country in a protest demanding President Assad’s…

these refugee crises are immediate emergency situations resolved within a few months or years, a growing number of refugee influxes are “protracted refugee situations”, or long term exile for the affected nationals. At the end of 2015, 6.7 million people in 27 host countries make up 32 protracted refugee situations. Such situations are most often caused by long term political instability, as in much of the Middle East today (UNHCR). The UNHCR parameters for an official protracted refugee…

embark on a reverse refugee experience; encountering the perilous and risky journey faced by refugees in Iraq, Malaysia and Africa. The series challenges the contemporary Australian audience on their own moral and multicultural values reflecting upon the hardships faced by refugees. Through the six participant’s initial prejudicial stance on refugees and their confronting experiences…