Compare And Contrast Asylum Seekers And Refugees

Compare and contrast Australia’s policy refugees and asylum seekers with that of two other countries.
A refugee is a person that is fleeing their country because they have suffered or fear persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, or political opinion, or they are fleeing war. An asylum seeker is a person who has fled their country but has not yet been accepted as a refugee. These people flee to different countries and they all have different policies against them. Australia’s policy may differ from other countries but sometimes they may be alike.
Australia’s current policy regarding refugees and asylum seekers is that, Australia believes that if a person is going to be persecuted in their country, they may seek asylum in Australia.

Article 5 states that, ‘No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.’ This article has been violated in detention centres Australia send the asylum seekers to. Asylum seekers receive degrading treatment and are treated as lesser and children are not allowed an education. Another violation is Article 25 which says that, ‘Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.’ This article has been completely violated by locking the asylum seekers up on an abandoned island with little to no basic care and the violence and unrest cause people to feel unsafe. However Australia has upheld some human rights against refugees. Australia’s refugee and asylum seeker policy are perceived by different groups differently. Some individuals state that the treatment of the asylum seekers in detention centres are inhuman and are a violation to the human rights. Some organisations have worked towards making them better and trying to change the way Australia has been treating refugees. Sweden’s policy regarding refugees and asylum seekers is that in 2013, Sweden granted automatic housing to Syrian refugees who were fleeing the war. Sweden offers permanency to refugees, to encourage the refugees to work and learn the language. Sweden wants the refugees to be included in society and not secluded from the rest of the country. When refugees arrive in Sweden they are appointed a lawyer and registered and two or three weeks later they will schedule an interview with the refugee and officials will make a decision within three