Asylum Seeker Articles by Sarah https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs Made with a dash of wit en-us 2017-08-04 04:10:57 UTC 2026-02-18 23:39:09 UTC hello@padlet.com http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/06/australia-paying-53m-asylum-seeker-settlement-170615131805448.html sarah_watson2 https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103417 2017-08-04 04:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103417 http://www.smh.com.au/world/australias-bid-for-un-human-rights-council-seat-comes-with-stop-the-boats-baggage-20170227-gumo8r.html sarah_watson2 https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103428 2017-08-04 04:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103428 https://www.humanrights.gov.au/news/stories/updated-immigration-snapshot sarah_watson2 https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103440 2017-08-04 04:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103440 https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/asylum-seekers-and-refugees/projects/immigration-detention-and-human-rights sarah_watson2 https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103455 2017-08-04 04:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103455 https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103562 During this time the overall detention facilities have been closed
Teigha]]> 2017-08-04 04:13:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103562 Indi https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103568 2017-08-04 04:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103568 Milli https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103581 Australia is competing against two other countries for a seat in the HRC (Human Rights Council). The other countries being France and Spain.]]> 2017-08-04 04:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103581 Katelyn https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103622 Any non-citizen who is in Australia without a valid visa must be detained according to the Migration Act 1958 . 

]]> 2017-08-04 04:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103622 Chloe https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103663 Under Australian Law: anyone intercepted trying to reach the country by boat is to be sent to detention centres on Manus Island or Nauru for processing.]]> 2017-08-04 04:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103663 Max https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103703 anyone intercepted trying to reach the country by boat is sent to detention centres on Manus Island or the Pacific island of Nauru for processing.]]> 2017-08-04 04:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103703 Teigha https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103723 Non-refoulement is one of the most basic and central principles of international humanitarian and human rights law. It seeks to ensure that people will not be returned to a situation where they would be in danger of persecution, torture or other forms of serious harm.]]> 2017-08-04 04:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103723 https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103748 "Australia is the only nation in the world to have a policy of mandatory indefinite unreviewable offshore detention" - Abbey]]> 2017-08-04 04:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103748 indi https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103756 There was a report into the treatment of Asylum Seekers in detention centers. That report found there had been brutal mass murder, rape, slitting of throats of children and other horrors.]]> 2017-08-04 04:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103756 Lily B https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103760 2017-08-04 04:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103760 Emma https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103776 Australia is the only nation in the world to have a policy of mandatory indefinite unreviewable offshore detention.]]> 2017-08-04 04:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103776 https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103794 2017-08-04 04:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103794 https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103801 2017-08-04 04:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103801 Stevie https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103804 "The debate that's missing in our country is that we're actually talking about human beings, not boats. If we turn people back at sea, it just means they die somewhere else".


Kon Karapanagiotidis, Founder and CEO of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

]]> 2017-08-04 04:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103804 Ebony: A new report on asylum seekers, refugees and human rights was released on the 30th march 2017. The aim of the report was to provide the Parliament, key commentators and the wider community a better understanding of the issues that have arisen regarding Australian refugee and asylum seeker policies. The immigration snapshot is simply an updated version of a 2013 publication that outlines the relationship between Australias policies and international obligations. The immigration snapshot outlines the positive developments surrounding the issue of asylum seekers in Australia and also notes the challenges. Commission President, Professor Gillan Triggs said that she was pleased with the decrease in overall number of people living in immigration detention centers and the release of almost all children from closed detention, and that the work rights of most asylum seekers living in the community have been reinstated. Some of the issues that are still concerning the Government are the third country processing, changes to Australia’s system for processing refugee claims and policies which discriminate against refugees based on their mode of arrival. https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103929 2017-08-04 04:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103929 https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103990 2017-08-04 04:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180103990 Kate https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180104006 2017-08-04 04:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180104006 Kate https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180104007 "Australia is the only nation in the world to have a policy of mandatory indefinite unreviewable offshore detention," he said. "It's a policy which is manifestly incompatible with international human rights law, has been strongly associated with serious human rights abuses and … it's an issue of which the world takes note."]]> 2017-08-04 04:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180104007 Indi https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180104011 "Australia is the only nation in the world to have a policy of mandatory indefinite unreviewable offshore detention," he (Phil Lynch, director of the International Service for Human Rights) said. "It's a policy which is manifestly incompatible with international human rights law, has been strongly associated with serious human rights abuses and … it's an issue of which the world takes note."]]> 2017-08-04 04:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180104011 Kate https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180104064 2017-08-04 04:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180104064 Isobel https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180104100 Australia's treatment of refugees has previously come in for strong criticism at the HRC (Human Rights Council). During an official review in November 2015  many countries singled out our mandatory, offshore detention and the "stop the boats" policy as failing to recognise the rights of asylum seekers.]]> 2017-08-04 04:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_watson2/qui624pf5vjs/wish/180104100