The arrival of first boat into Australia was witnessed in Darwin in early 1976. Therefore, this boat was confirmed carrying about five Indochinese refugees seeking protection in Australia. In the following year the influx of the boat people never stopped there. In mid 1981, the Australia received another boat packed with over 2000 Vietnamese migrants. Despite Australians empathy toward the boat people there and negative public opinions about them, the second wave commence it course from 1989 to 1998. The issue of the second wave of the boat people highlighted though counter measures for foreseen third wave by the Australia government.
Women and Honourable men, a refugee is a man who is outside their own particular nation and can 't or unwilling to return because of a well - established trepidation of being abused in view of their, Race,Religion, Nationality, political position or is an individual from a specific social gathering. A Asylum seeker is a man who has fled their nation to apply for a displaced person status yet has not been surveyed yet. Presently here 's the inquiry, why do Asylum Seekers and Refugees escape their nation? There are different reasons in the matter of why they escape their nation, these reasons incorporate war, Political Perspectives, racial segregation, religious convictions, or even mistreatment. These individuals have experienced a considerable measure just to sail to Australia, some have even put in all they have,examples of this are such things as, cash, house, furniture, apparel etc.
How did the White Australia Policy limit the growth of multiculturalism in Australia during the 1900’s? The immigration Act 1901 was an act of the Parliament of Australia which limited immigration, and tried to exclude all non-Europeans from living and working in Australia. The “White Australia” policy was the name given to a group of laws that stopped non-Europeans from coming to live in Australia. As a non-European, to live in Australia you had to pass a dictation test to prove if you could speak the European languages.
With the rest of the world accepting refugees, Australia could no longer exclude those who were not English or Scottish etc. This was the beginning of the end of the White Australian Policy. The White Australian Policy was discovered in Australia in the 1850’s. A big amount of British prisoners were in need to come to the country but were declined.
Canada and the United States started large and successful international agreement and discussion during 1965 (source 4). Australia and the rest of the world forcibly constrained the amount of unregistered migrants from the Vietnamese war zone. An Orderly Departure Program was put into action to regulate the amount of registered Vietnamese migrants into countries all around the world especially Australia. Overall all Vietnamese migrants that arrived in Australia have a say in government and are appointed a representative in the Upper house in Canberra and Western Australia (source 4). As the numbers of Vietnamese migrants increased they were apprehended and then accepted in later
The First Fleet is known today as the first eleven ships that carried the convicts that are now recognised as the Founders of Australia. (Hill, 2008.) In 1787, 1500 criminals were shipped off to the land of Australia found by Captain James Cook, from Portsmouth, England. The voyage was nearly 20,900 kilometres and it took 252 days. The European settlers, had a significant impact on the land and people of Australia, including the introduction of disease, convict labour, and malnutrition.
Prior to the legislation of the Immigration policy, the current white Australian policy was perceived as being anti-Asian, which had the possibility of significantly harming Australia’s trade with Asian countries. By the 1960s, the policy was gradually becoming extinct with the admittance of certain skilled immigrants and accompanying people from Asia – often those who had been trained
Australia was settled by the British in 1788 as a convict colony but without the Aboriginal contact and consequences, experience of non-Europeans, the gold rushes and their political, social and economical impact on the nation, the Depression in the 1890’s and living and working conditions all contributed to what our nation is today. Within 120 years as a result of aboriginal contact with Europeans the experience of non-Europeans, the social, political and economical impacts of the gold rushes of the 1850’s, the depression in the 1890’s and the living and working all contributed to what Australia became in 1914. As the colony of the nation expanded, some settlers came into conflict with the aboriginal people. The aboriginal people reacted
Migration has been an important influence on Australian society and the economy. Between 1947 and 1982, over a million Britons immigrated to Australia, the majority of whom travelled under the ten pound assisted passage scheme funded by the British and Australian governments. This large intake of British migrants was encouraged as part of Australia's 'populate or perish' nation-building initiative, which emerged in the aftermath of World War II. The Ten Pound Poms, as they became known 82% were English were mostly from an urban background.
Historically, immigration plays a major role in Australia. The White Australia Policy (WAP), played a significant role in shaping Australia in the twentieth century. The White Australia Policy describes Australia 's approach to immigration, from federation until the late twentieth century. The policy wasn 't completely removed until 1973, it took the Australian Government 25 years to dismantle it. People thought the policy was necessary for many reasons; such as racism, fear of invasion and concern that the standard of living would decline if people from other cultures were allowed into Australia.
This caused the White Australian Policy to be introduce and a Universal Migration Policy brought in by Gough Whitlam. Many immigrants took over Australian jobs causing there to be rise in unemployment, but there also was a strong economic growth. The Australian Government only approved of immigrants who are skilled or have professional expertise to entering Australia in the 1970s. In the 1970s and 80s Australia did not accept any European immigrants, but accepted refugees that were escaping from war torn Indo-Chinese countries. These countries included Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos (Australian Government, The changing face of modern Australia- 1950s-1970s).
In the post-war period, more than 15,000 people of mixed descent were allowed into Australia on ‘compassionate grounds, and close family relations’. Action was taken by the Australian Government against this, but the bills that had been drawn up to deport war refugees such as Ms O’Keefe were not implemented as the government had been voted out and replaced by Robert Menzies and his Liberal
Introduction Australia is said to be a multicultural and multiracial country. So why can’t we, as a country and as a nation, say yes to immigrants fleeing from a different country? As immigration to Australia is supposably apart of our history and it would be wrong not to continue on with the actions of our ancestors. Paragraph 1 As of 2014 – 2015, Australia accepted 13,750 refugees in total. Paragraph 2 • What are refugees and asylum seekers?
In Australia, refugees and asylum seekers are treated like the enemy in a war: the target of a highly resourced, military-led “deterrence” strategy complete with arbitrary detainment, detention camps, guards to terrorise them, forced deportations and the violent suppression of those who protest. Australia is failing to meet the standards required when regarding the treatment of asylum seekers. It is fact that asylum seekers make up less than 3% of Australia’s annual immigration yet the idea is being distorted to that of which they will overpopulate a country that prides itself on being a multicultural society. I want to shed light on the misconception that asylum seekers are not ‘legal’ when in actual fact it is a human right to seek freedom.
With that said, the British went through with the plan of establishing a penal colony in New South Wales and in 1788, the First Fleet led by Captain Arthur Phillip arrived in Sydney Cove. This essay will focus on the effects of racism towards the Aboriginal population of Australia in the past and today. Between 1788 and 1900, a large part of Australia’s indigenous population has lost their lives due to miscellaneous diseases. Aboriginal people were introduced to illnesses like smallpox, measles or tuberculosis, which were brought by the British convicts. Indigenous Australians had no immunity to these sicknesses, which led to the diseases spreading at a rapid speed and eradicating a large part of Australia’s indigenous population.
Not only that, but they do it by the millions, moving in independent crowds step by step on the grounds that there is security (Acuesta, 2017). The explanations for their movement include issues such as social, racial, religious and political persecution, war, climate change, hunger and gender orientation. These vulnerable refugees have no other choice than to seek protection and we are denying their human rights and stripping away their human dignity. A United Nations Refugee Agency survey conducted in Australia in 2011 showed that 35% of people favoured turning back boats or detention of arrivals and deportation, while only 22% favoured eligibility for permanent settlement. Clearly there is much controversy surrounding this issue as it can create many effects within a nations, both positive and negative.