Persuasive Speech On Asylum Seekers

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Imagine living through a war or religious persecution. Your house has been burnt to rubble and you are terrified of going outside because you face the reality of being abducted, killed or raped. After fleeing your own country, you arrive at a dock. You give a stranger a large sum of money for you and your family to board a rickety fishing boat to safety. Australia.

This story as harsh as it may seem, is true. It is the story of Misbah, a 13 year-old Burmese girl. She was detained 3 years ago and has been living on Christmas Island ever since. Good Morning press, media and members of parliament. Misbah’s story revealed to me, an insight into the immense struggle of asylum seekers seeking refuge in Australia. People like Misbah are not terrorists; they are people like us who want to live in safety without fear of persecution. A safety that we so often take for granted. The Australian government must allow asylum seekers to enter our nation. As one the most multicultural countries in the world, we of all nations should be accepting and offering asylum seekers a chance to start a new life away from persecution or wars they are facing in their own countries. Conditions in Australian detention centres are unhygienic, unhealthy and unsafe, prolonged detention can have …show more content…

Asylum seekers, who were deprived of their basic human rights arrive in our nations, seeking nothing more than freedom, safety and peace. Many flee persecution; for their religion, beliefs or race. Leaving their homeland and everything, they had ever known behind, they seek the safety of a new life in Australia. As Australians, we have a humanitarian and ethical responsibility to welcome these asylum seekers into Australia. A land free from persecution. These people seek a new life. A new beginning far from the atrocities of war. That is

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