Summary Seminar Presentation Living in Detention: Inhumanity Mala (7395) UEC 2B

LIVING IN DETENTION: AN INHUMANITY SUMMARY

Millions of people flee war and persecution in their countries. They are people like any others, except they have to leave their countries reluctantly and without preparation. They leave their homes, jobs and even their family. Some take the road, some take boats to flee war, violence, natural disaster, or flee persecution for their beliefs or their ethnicities. Australia has an important responsibility as a member of the international community to these people, which are called Refugees. The Australian government has some policies for refugees and asylum seekers. However, in fact there are some problems in treating them because most of refugees entered Australia without any documents or identities. Therefore, the refugees as asylum seekers, include children and women, must live in detention for a long time while their status being processed. While they live in detention; there are some problems that effect on the asylum seekers, particularly women and children. This report is aimed to show the differences between refugees, asylum seekers and illegal immigrant; the status of refugees; the rights of refugees; how the Australian government treats them; the process of status determination; how they live in detention and the effects of living in detention, particularly for women and children. Finally, it will give some alternative solutions that may solve their problems. It proposes that the government should create a better policy in the future. They should not live in detention because they have the same rights as any persons; they have the right to live in peace in social community.