Persuasive Essay On Refugees In Australia

An extraordinary 65.3 million Refugees have been displaced around the world. In 2015 Australia took 12,000 of them. But where are Australians placing these Refugees? Australia is deporting these Refugees to a third country, either on Manus or Nauru Island. These Islands have reports of inhumane and cruel treatment towards Refugees For those who aren’t fully aware of what Refugees are; they are people whom come to Australia illegally without the appropriate visas. They cannot obtain these visas because of the reasons they are fleeing their country … their Government. None the less it should be the Australian Government they fear. The concepts of refugees are kept hidden away from us by our own Government in reflection of their Governments own self-interest. This tragedy is classified as a modern day witch hunt.

The hunting of Refugees is much like in the early days of Salem in the 17th century however back then witch hunts were about hunting actually witches. During the Salem Witch trials the Church hunted down witches and executed them before the people of Massachusetts could start to believe them as innocent or even start to doubt the overall thought of witchcraft. This could be seen as understandable back in 17th Century when these Witch Trials took place, as the

world was based on a Patriotic, Religious crazed society.
Refugees are given an unfair chance by our Government much like how the witches in Massachusetts were given an unfair trail due to the fact that the Government for Refugees and the Church in Salem would like to automatically express Refugees and Witches as guilty. The Australian Government aims to keep Refugees out and to portray them as awful people so Australians don’t argue against the Governments perspectives and fight to let Refugees in our country. It is even written in Australian Law that any information disclosed about the Detention Centers can lead to a 2 year jail sentence. So it is without a doubt that the Government wants to keep secrets. This isn’t just in Australia; many countries across Europe are experiencing this every day crisis. An American band called The Black Eyed Peas wrote a song called “Where is the love” this song is about world disasters and in this song a particular line which states “A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover” , this quote is a fine outliner of what is happening with our Australian Government and our Refugee crisis.
Fear is a major expression that was one of the main causes of the execution of witches.

So what does this mean about our Government? Are they scared of the intake of Refugees? If so, what are they scared of? This contradicts the whole purpose of the Government, aren’t Australians meant to put our trust in leaders to make great decisions, hence we have a Government in the first place? Doctrines such as the Just War Doctrine a Catholic based Law, states that the Government should hold the responsibility for the common good. Yet not every country experiences this, and many Refugees have to flee in order for their freedom and to escape from persecution of their own beliefs, religions and human

rights.
The United Nations was formed at the end of World War 2, to ensure there would be no more world wars. There are articles written in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in reference to Refugees, for example Article 14, which states that everyone has the right to seek asylum and Article 9 which states that “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile”. Australia has signed up to follow the rules and obligations set out by the United Nations, such as the principal of Non-Refoulment which states we cannot turn Refugees away. However the Government has found ways to sneak around these International Treaties and place these Refugees on offshore Detention Centers and are depriving Refugees of their right to seek asylum.
Tax payers complain about the money being deducted from their pay to finance the settlement of these Refugees yet they fail to realize by letting them into our country will cost much less. For example it cost the Government $400 000 per Refugee to maintain them on an offshore detention center, whereas to keep them onshore will only cost $239 000. It would cost the Australian Government a total 9.6Billion to solve the reasons Refugees are created. However it will only cost us 1 Billion to keep them in Australia. Refugees are an issue in the world that cannot be controlled and turning them away isn’t a reasonable solution. Therefore keeping them is our only choice. However how we keep them is a different situation which must be taken seriously by our Government.
Life is precious and everyone has the right to their own life, on the chance that someone’s liberty and freedom is taken away, others must step in to lend a helping hand. This is a rule in regard to basic morality and ethics. “Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.” ― Arthur Miller, the Crucible. Reports on these Detention centers are proven to be vile and unnecessarily cruel, but why does Australians think this is too soft? Children wetting the bed because of nightmares and suffer from mental illnesses due to the trauma they have experienced. Australia has to take a step up to educate themselves into the state of Refugees and learn that no treatment they have received and are continuing to receive are too soft, but in fact harsh and inhumane. Hopefully this will lead to some different views on the status of Refugees.