Australia Persuasive Speech On Asylum Seekers

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Today on the Australia issues podcast with nick is the issues on asylum seekers that then treatment towards them.

Going back to the start of one young girl’s life, in 2004 on the coast of Iran, Mona began a perilous journey which started when she hopped on a boat looking for a safer place to live.
At 11 years of age and on the brink of starvation she reluctantly hopped on a boat with 136 other people and set off, not knowing where she was going or how long it would take.
She just knew it had to be better than the place she once lived. Imagine if you were in Mona shoes.
What would you do? Die or take a chance and live.
You would do the same thing as everyone on that boat.
So why does Australia implement draconian policies of detaining …show more content…

Also the unhygienic, crowded conditions have resulted in outbreaks of lice, gastroenteritis, and bacterial skin infections.
With that the latest reports from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection show that the average time asylum-seekers spend in Australian detention centres is 14 months, with 23.5% of detainees spending more than two years in detention.
Australia is now facing allegations from the Human Rights Council that it has detained children and sent back refugees, in breach of international law.
I believe that all people who are fleeing from situations that are impossible to exist within, deserve all of our sympathy and support. Every one of the asylum seekers is a legitimate refugee who is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice and risk their lives to make it to Australia, to have a better life. Only together can we help people like Mona live a better fuller life. And personally, once that veneer is broken down I don’t believe that the majority of Australians would support mandatory detention or offshore processing. We need to discuss the real stories, the complex mix of issues around these people and allow the people leaning to the right to see the large number of positive refugee stories that exist in our culturally diverse country. People need to understand that asylum seekers are people too. This is what I believe and I hope this podcast has shown you that offshore processing centres are an embarrassment to this nation and a violation of their human

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