Persuasive Essay On Refugees In Australia

Refugee arrivals on Australian shores, particularly those arriving irregularly by sea, have over the past years been a matter of significant political and public concern. Australia has a long history of accepting refugees for resettlement, however despite this the Australian Government has recognised the magnitude of these global trends, noting that the number of asylum seekers and refugees in Australia are small, at its peak only receiving eighteen thousand people illegally by sea, compared to those seeking asylum in other parts of the world. There is still a large debate on the global stage as to whether the current Australian laws relating to the acceptance and resettlement of refugees and asylum seekers, as a party of the CRC (Convention on the Rights of Children), the ICCPR and the Refugee Convention, is fulfilling

According to rights groups the detention centres positioned in Nauru and Manus Island are “totally inadequate, citing poor hygiene, cramped conditions, unrelenting heat and lack of facilities” ().This not only contests with International Policies but also with fundamental human rights such as the Right to Social Security, Right to Education (Child refugees kept in Detention Centre for long periods of time), Right to Standard of living adequate for the health and wellbeing (includes food, clothing, house, medical care), Right to freedom of movement, Right to seek asylum and Right from torture and other cruel, inhuman degrading treatment or punishment. Offshore processing has proved contentious not only due to poor living conditions but also the financial costs, the ongoing concerns about the saftey of refugees, the ongoing concerns about the sustainability of involuntary settlement and the independent oversights. With offshore processing alone costs and average at four hundred thousand dollars per refugee per