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Asylum Seekers In Australia Essay

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Since 1992 and under the Migration Act, asylum seekers that arrive to Australia without a valid visa must be held in an immigration detention until they are granted a visa or removed from the (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2016). Although this law is effective, it is obvious that this is not the best option for the country, and is not working as planned. If an asylum seeker arrives to Australia without a visa, or ‘unauthorised’, they must be held in mandatory detention whilst their refugee claims are decided, (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2005) along with their health, identity and security check to be completed. These processes can be lengthy and difficult, meaning that the asylum seeker or refugee may be held in detention for much longer than needed. …show more content…

A fault in the Migration Act is that there is no set limit as to how long a person can be held in a detention (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2014). This is an obvious problem, as the average time that an asylum seeker or potential refugee is being held in detention is 350 days (as surveyed in June 2014), but over 150 people had been held in for over 2 years (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2015). Reports have shown that people who have been held in these detention centres for extended periods of time have developed mental and physical illnesses, which again proves that Australia is denying people protection of their human rights. If the seeker is found not to be a refugee, or to not be owed “complementary protection”, they are removed from Australia immediately (Australian Human Rights Commission,

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