Probably the best article and solution Ive heard regarding Asylum seekers. ...seeking asylum is a right promised by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: a document Australia helped create, and to which we are a signatory. At present, people sent to [Manus and Nauru] are being processed at the rate of about two per year. If I could re-design the system, it would look something like this: - Boat-arrivals would be detained initially for one month, for preliminary health and security checks, subject to extension if a court was persuaded that a particular individual should be detained longer; - After initial detention, they would be released into the community, with the right to work, Centrelink and Medicare benefits; - They would be released into the community on terms calculated to make sure they remained available for the balance of their visa processing; - During the time their visa applications were being processed, they would be required to live in specified regional cities. Any government benefits they received would thus work for the benefit of the regional economy. There are plenty of towns around the country that would welcome an increase in their population. Not only is Australia wasting vast amounts of money to mistreat refugees, it is damaging its international reputation.
Posted on: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:56:37 +0000
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