Essay On Refugees In Australia

Australia's current refugee policy dictates that australia has accepted more than 700,000 refugees and people that are in need of a new beginning in a new country. The largest group that came to australia was in 1947 and 1954 when 170,000 refugees came from camps in Europe and majority from poland to the big smoke of Australia. Australia established its first Department of immigration in 1945 when arthur caldwell was minister.It was not until 1977 that a comprohensive policy on refugees was adopted by setting out the objectivies and mechanisms for a long program,The program was developed by Coalition government led by Malcolm Fraser and Michael Mackellar as Minister for Immigration.

According to preliminary estimates, Australia's population passed 22 million people by the end of September 2009. The latest one million people were added to the population in less than 2 and a

half years, which is one year less than the time taken for the previous million to be added, and almost two years less than the time taken to add the million before that. The recent pace of population growth has resulted in renewed discussion about the role of immigration, and the future size of the population. In 2014/15 over 160,00 refugees made the trip over to Australia which boosted the population until war and conflict ended. 6,000 refugees out of the 160,000 that came in 2014/15 stayed in australia. The Australian government has recently agreed to accept 12,000 refugees from syria who are in war and conflict at the moment which is a big step forward in the refugee program in Australia. Australia does not accept every refugee there are only a few refugees that are allowed to be let into into Australia and millions apply. Here is how Australia decide if you are worthy or not.Legal and/or Physical Protection Needs of the refugee in the country of refuge (this includes a threat of refoulement)
Survivors of Torture and/or Violence, where repatriation or the conditions of asylum could result in further traumatization and/or heightened risk, or where appropriate treatment is not available
Medical Needs, in particular life-saving treatment that is unavailable in the country of refuge
Women and Girls at Risk, who have protection problems particular to their gender
Family Reunification, when resettlement is the only means to reunite refugee family members who, owing to refugee flight or displacement, are separated by borders or entire continents
Children and Adolescents at Risk, where a best interests determination supports resettlement, and
Lack of Foreseeable Alternative Durable Solutions, which generally is relevant only when other solutions are not feasible in the foreseeable future, when resettlement can be used strategically, and/or when it can open possibilities for comprehensive solutions.

Potential implications for Australia could include more food,water and natural resources needed but with little land and water, land and water supply impacts from population growth, and technical change, as well as forest and agricultural commodity demand shifts from population growth and economic development.

The reality is if we are going to go on like this farmers need to produce more food with fewer resources, a poverty decrease, improved access to a healthy diet, better management and access of freshwater resources, increased use of renewable energy, and the protection of climate, ecosystems. The problem won't be just in Australia it will be a global problem to overcome with research shown that earth will be home to over 10 billion people which is 3 billion more than we have today and we will reach 7 billion by the end of 2015 with a rate of 13,750 refugees entering Australia every year.Australia received 24,300 claims for asylum in 2013, making it the eighth largest recipient of asylum seekers in the industrialised world. That figure is about 4% of all applications made globally in

2013.

Australia's population future will impact every individual, when we drive to work flows of traffic and passengers within Australian cities will surge with a growing population. There will be rise in homelessness due to the lack of work there will be, Refugee intake will decrease in Australia and in every country of the world which will cause a lot of conflict for people wanting to leave war ridden countries and looking for fresh starts in Australia. I personally think the world will change dramatically with the growing population numbers, There will high rise buildings everywhere and new cities to cater for the new millions of people. Studies show that with 7 billion people on the planet, we need about 2.7 hectares of land and water space each to produce what we need. But after allowing for the needs of other animals and to maintain the resilience of ecosystems, there is only about 1.0 hectare per person available.