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An Australian Refugee Story
Australia has a long history of accepting refugees for resettlement and over 700 000 refugees and displaced persons, including
thousands during and immediately after World War II, have settled in Australia since 1945.
• As a party to the 1951 Refugee
Convention, Australia has agreed to ensure that people who meet the definition of refugee under the Convention are not sent back to a country where their life or freedom would be threatened. This is known as the principle of non-refoulement.
So what’s been in the news?
Situation in Malaysia• In Malaysia, UNHCR strives to meet the challenges inherent
in delivering protection in an environment of mixed migration, without a legal framework for dealing with refugees.
• There is a lacking of access to public services, a risk of arrest, detention and deportation.
• Malaysia has not signed the 1951 Convention• UNHCR are the primary provider of protection to refugees• UNHCR will continue to register, determine refugee status,
provide documentation and intervene on behalf of individuals in the event of arrests. The Office will strengthen efforts to provide social services and encourage self-reliance among refugee communities.
• UNHCR will continue to engage with the Malaysian Government to advocate for a more favourable protection environment for refugees in the country.
High Court Injunction• On August 31 2011, trhe High Court of Australia
imposed a permanent injunction against deporting asylum seekers to Malaysia.
• In a 6:1 ruling it declared the Immigration Minister Chris Bowen cannot validly declare a country (as one to which asylum seekers can be taken for processing) unless that country is legally bound by international law or its own domestic law, to provide asylum seekers with effective procedures for assessing their protection needs; protect the asylum seekers until their refugee claims are determined and also protect them until they return voluntarily to their homeland or are resettled in another country.
Australia's ImmigrationDetention Policy and Practice
Australian law requires the detention of all non-citizens who are in Australia without a valid visa (unlawful non-citizens). This means that immigration officials have no choice but to detain persons who arrive without a visa (unauthorised arrivals), or persons who arrive with a visa and subsequently become unlawful because their visa has expired or been cancelled (authorised arrivals). Australian law makes no distinction between the detention of adults and children.
Australia Humanitarian Program categories
Onshore protectionThe onshore component of the Humanitarian Program aims to provide options for people who wish to apply for protection (or asylum) after arrival in Australia.
Special Humanitarian Program (SHP)for people outside their home country who are subject to substantial discrimination amounting to gross violation of human rights in their home country, and immediate family of persons who have been granted protection in Australia.
RefugeePeople who are subject to persecution in their home country, who are typically outside their home country, and are in need of resettlement. The majority of applicants who are considered under this category are identified and referred by the UNHCR to Australia for resettlement.
Humanitarian Program grants by category 2004–05 to 2009–10
Category 2004–05
2005–06
2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Refugee 5511 6022 6003 6004 64992 6003
Special Humanitarian (offshore)
6585 6736 5183 4795 4511 3233
Onshore 1065 1372 1793 2131 2492 4534
Total 13 17814
14413
017 13 014 13 507 13 770
2009–10 offshore visa grants Australia by top ten countries
of birthCountries Number of visas granted
Burma 1959
Iraq 1688
Bhutan 1144
Afghanistan 951
Congo (DRC) 584
Ethiopia 392
Somalia 317
Sudan 298
Liberia 258
Sierra Leone 237
Boat arrivals by financial year
since 1989
Year Number of
boats
Number of people
1989–90
3 224
1990–91
5 158
1991–92
3 78
1992–93
4 194
1993–94
6 194
1994–95
21 1071
1995–96
14 589
1996–97
13 365
1997–98
13 157
1998–99
42 921
1999–00
75 4175
2000–01
54 4137
2001–02
19 3039
Year Number of boats
Number of people
2003–04 3 82
2004–05 0 0
2005–06 8 61
2006–07 4 133
2007–08 3 25
Year Number of boats
Number of people
(includes crew)
2008–09 23 1033*
2009–10 118 5609*
2010–11 89 4940**
People’s responses
Ipsos Mackay Report 2011
This report researched Australian community attitudes to
asylum seekers and identified
four main attitudinal
groups!. Describe in your own words, the four
attitudes and the relating percentages in this pie graph, in four separate sentences