...ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND LEGAL AID FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS; WHAT CAN THE JUDICIARY DO? Introduction Asylum seekers, regardless of their immigration status, are human beings, with fundamental and basic rights, needs and aspirations. Refugees and asylum seekers are a diverse group with one thing in common; they are subject to forced migration, and are fleeing from persecution in their countries of origin. A refugee is defined as any person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality or political opinion, is outside the country of his or her nationality and is unable or owing to such fear for reasons other than personal convenience is unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of that country. Refugee status is therefore adopted for those who, having applied for asylum, have been recognized and given refugee status. It also usually encompasses those who have received ‘exceptional leave to remain’ or ‘indefinite leave to remain’. Recognition of refugee status is also a pre-requisite for other basic rights guaranteed to refugees by international law, such as the right to seek employment, to move freely and to obtain education and healthcare on the same terms as citizens. The status of an Asylum Seeker is reserved for those who have applied for asylum and are awaiting a decision on their applications and those whose applications have been refused. Refugees therefore need legal assistance as soon as they arrive in...
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... The stable increase in the ease to access knowledge has drastically increased the awareness of human rights violations and displacement of people. Steger states, “Globalization is a set of social processes that lead to the social condition of globality, through the growing consciousness of global connectivity.” This idea of “globality” ties in the creation of global networks and how this has expanded social relations between countries. In these global networks, there are non-government organizations that have been established to assist refugees with providing basic needs and more importantly the protection and promotion of their human rights. There are many conflicts that have promoted the marginalization of people, both refugee and non-refugee. Through GLS 200 coursework, I have gained a better understanding of the number of factors and variables that must be taken into consideration when linking the progress of globalization to how the...
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...Women? Gender Discrimination in Refugee Policies and Practices Author(s): Nahla Valji, Lee Anne de la Hunt and Helen Moffett Source: Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, No. 55, Women. The Invisible Refugees (2003), pp. 61-72 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of Agenda Feminist Media Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4066300 . Accessed: 21/10/2014 10:19 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. . Taylor & Francis, Ltd. and Agenda Feminist Media are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 158.143.122.250 on Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:19:36 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Where in are the women? and Gender practices discrimination refugee policies NAHLAVALJI, ANNE DELA HUNT and LEE HELENMOFFETT write thereaneed that is toreframe underpinning rights legislation toafford refugees theories refugee and inorder women moreprotection ...
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...Christians can become scared of others entering and possibly taking over religiously. This excuse is very silly and sadly not hyperbolized. Some Christians are extreme “Islamophobic.” Islamophobic is the fear of the religious of Islam and sadly many Christians have this strange fear. The main reason is because of the concept of jihad. Jihad just means spiritual war. This does not mean blowing stuff up or terrorizing cities for control. It is the same way in that Christians are responsible in informing unbelievers of Christianity. Yet, Christians get hypocritical and say that Islamist are dangerous. This view point only leads Christians to set a bad example and can give Christianity an ugly reputation. This fear also completely goes against the commandment of us helping others. Christians are being told to help these women and men, yet they cower in fear and hope that they do not have to encounter a...
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...struggles and wars of all kinds. As a result of this never-ending, widespread violence and corruption, we are also living in a world of refugees. According to the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees: a refugee is a person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country (Refugee, 2008). The current crisis of refugees around the world is overlooked by average, first world citizens every day. The topic of refugees, besides bringing up obvious issues of human rights, also involves numerous other global issues and raises countless questions. In this paper, we will discuss issues revolving around the history of refugees, refugee warehousing and its alternatives, as well as three individual case studies of current refugee crises around the world and how they connect to other global issues. Refugees were first defined and acknowledged as a legal group in the aftermath of World War II, due to the vast number of people fleeing Eastern Europe (Refugee, 2008). While it is clearly impossible to account for all of the world’s refugees, when this estimate is combined with the staggering number of world wide internally displaced persons (IDPs), or “people forced to flee their homes but who...
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...desire to attain the “American dream”. America is often viewed as a safe haven and protector for all that is corrupt in the world, including mistreatment in other countries. Overtime, especially “since September 11, 2001, Muslim men have been subjected to remarkably cruel treatment in the name of stopping terrorist activity, whereas Muslim women have been considered victims of Islam and patriarchy” (Sheth 455). Due to this traumatic event in United States history, Islam has been viewed as a threat and as a result, the white man’s burden developed. With this ideation, Americans, specifically white men, believe that it is their duty to save women of color from the Global South and “liberate” them from their homes and brown men through any means necessary, which includes wars of colonization. Through their efforts, these white men are represented as the protector and savior of brown women. However, in this paper I will argue that through the white man’s burden, Americans attempt to civilize the supposedly backward countries through saving brown women from brown men, which ultimately leads to a loss of culture and drives a wedge between American women and women from the Global South. Through attempting to liberate women of color from their current conditions through processes such as unveiling campaigns, Americans push these women into forceful acclimation and Westernization rather than liberation. After September 11, 2001, the public representation of Islam has been considered a...
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...his children and family, as a result of that, they were looking to Rusesabagina to do something because from their perspective nothing but him can qualify this job. He is at that time the manager of a hotel where later became an impromptu refugee camp after the foreign guests have all left. The United Nation tried to help however their claimed that they are unable to provide any further helps. In the end, because of increasing threats from the military force, they decided to escape from the hotel and run to a real refugee camp. A question was hovering all over the movie: what did the United Nations, the Europeans, the Americans, or anybody else with a speck of humanity in them do? Why don’t they take actions to stop the genocide from further going? Rwanda is a lesson in how Governments and the media can selectively focus on problem areas in the world and also can selectively ignore others. For example most Americans now know differences between shiites and sunnis and kurds but how many know the differences between tsuties and hutus? That fact that the hatred portrayed in this film is so irrational combined with the look the other way attitude of much of the west contributes to an astoundingly shameful episode of recent history. The film does much to illuminate and educate. If we watched carefully, the Colonel Oliver gave the best answer: it is the problem that happened between black Africans, in another words, it is just one group of Africans killing the other group of Africans...
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...the later) before 4 March 1997, you will not have to serve a two year waiting period. If you are an Australian citizen or you arrived in Australia before 4 March 1997 (or before 1 February 2000 if you are a New Zealand citizen - see below), and Centrelink decides that you have a newly arrived resident’s waiting period, contact a Welfare Rights Centre/Advocate for advice. □ Who is exempt from the newly arrived resident's two year waiting period? The newly arrived resident's waiting period may not apply to you if you: • hold or previously held a permanent refugee visa or a specified subclass of special humanitarian visa; • are a “family member”* of a holder or former holder of a permanent refugee visa or a specified subclass of special humanitarian visa; • were a “family member”* of a former holder of a permanent refugee visa or a specified subclass of special humanitarian visa at the time the former refugee or humanitarian...
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...Costa Rica, Iraq and North Caucasus. In addition to this, she along with Brad Pitt founded the Jolie-Pitt foundation which is dedicated to eradicating extreme rural poverty, protecting natural resources and conserving wildlife. This foundation also donates to many other humanitarian groups, one being Doctors without Borders. In 2009 Angelina Jolie gave the opening speech for a World Refugee Day event being held at the National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington D.C. Throughout this speech Jolie concentrates not on the horrible conditions that refugees endure but on the spirit that they have from being in these situations. When speaking to millions of Americans she doesn’t rely on facts or statistics but instead she uses anecdotal evidence, visualization and pathos to get her point across. The purpose of this speech is not to persuade but to inform the people of America about the amazing people she has met while traveling to third world countries. Furthermore, she is trying to show people that you should not look at these people as if they are less than you but appreciate them for what they have to offer you. Jolie starts off her speech by using anecdotal evidence to show Americans that refugees are not just people running away from bad situations but instead they are these amazing people...
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...July 2000 FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA Samuel v Minister For Immigration [2000] FCA 854 & Multicultural & Multicultural Affairs MIGRATION - Application for protection visa - Review of decision of Refugee Review Tribunal - Effect of failure of applicant to complete prescribed visa application form - Tribunal decision set aside. Wu v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1996) 64 FCR 245 followed Minister for Immigration 435 referred to and Multicultural Affairs v A [1999] FCA 1679; (1999) 91 FCR Migration Act 1958, ss45, 46 and 47 Migration Regulations, reg 2.07 Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s25C MINTU RAHADA SAMUEL MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS N11 of 2000 WILCOX J SYDNEY 20 JUNE 2000 IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N11 of 2000 BETWEEN: MINTU RAHADA SAMUEL v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/cth/FCA/2000/854.html?stem=0&... 27/06/2014 Samuel v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 854 (20 June ... Page 2 of 8 AND: Applicant MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AFFAIRS Respondent WILCOX J 20 JUNE 2000 SYDNEY AND MULTICULTURAL JUDGE: DATE OF ORDER: WHERE MADE: THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The application for review be allowed and the decision of the Refugee Review Tribunal be set aside. 2. The respondent, Minister for Immigration the applicant, Mintu Rahada Samuel . and Multicultural...
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..."How Lucky You Are" by Debi Alper (2010) includes a Iranian girl, Ishraqi, whose life have been taking away from her in Iran as her parents were arrested during an anti-government demonstration. After this sadly event, Ishraqi was able to leave Iran for a better life and she ended in England, fortunately. In England she was taking care of by an older woman called Alexsa, who originally came to England from Kosovo, as a refugee herself. The older woman, Alexsa, had a job in the refugee centre and it was here where Ishraqi meets Max. Max and Ishraqi seemed to fit very well with each other, but soon enough, their relationship will fall apart as Ishraqi is set to be deported back to Iran. The Iranian girl, Ishraqi, is a girl, who has experienced more than most of the youth in Western Europe. When it comes to corruption and a government which is so anti-humane that a bad living condition is just as normal as the sun shines. This type of government has Ishraqi experienced in her own life (page 10, line 4-5) as she came to England as an unaccompanied minor, which means that she was able to leave her country as a parentless child. Ishraqi seems to be a girl who is fighting with the new and un-known West Europe. She describes the city of London as being grey without tress and even without a sky because of the buildings (Page 11, line1-2), which dominates the environment in a big city...
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...statement of British government policy, which has since become known as the Balfour Declaration. It stated: "His Majesty's government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” This is a major milestone for the Jews worldwide. Then in 1920, the borders of the proposed Jewish state were created, which was called, the British Mandate. The Council of the League of Nations appointed Britain as the Mandatory entrusted with the administration of the Land of Israel. The area designated for the Jewish homeland was displeasing for the Arabs. As a result, the Arabs who lived on the land, which was originally called Palestine, vocally and physically expressed their disapproval through riots and other means. The backlash from the Arabs forced the British government to create a commission to analyze how the British Mandate’s government was performing and how to create solutions for the causes of the riots. The commission ultimately created the 1937 Peel Commission Plan. This plan recommended for the first time a partition of the land into a Jewish state and an Arab state alongside an international zone, stretching from Jerusalem to Jaffa; that would remain under British mandatory authority. The plan as rejected by the Arabs and the British expressed that the plan was considered unachievable. It...
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...Neglect and Mistreatment of Refugee Women and Migrant Workers In light of the countless global crises that have occurred lately, the issue of immigrants and refugees has become a big topic of discussion among people in first world countries or countries that do not have war taking place on their own soil. A larger, overarching issue is the treatment of the immigrant and refugee as an object, as they are viewed as a nuisance and a commodity to be used and then discarded and neglected. Women not only struggle with how to survive, but also attempt to cope with the fact that they are losing their sense of self as their identity is being stripped by men that believe they are a commodity to be traded and discarded when no longer important to them. The migrant worker is in a similar situation where they are stripped of their own identity and put to work like a machine, attempting to support their family that...
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...The author shows how he turns as criminal when he meets with a man who promised to the refugee documents and money in order that the refugee has an identity in the country. The author states, “He took his wife, like any ordinary citizens, to that corner where the entrance goes down to the subway trains….I did it just as they paid me to , as they tested my marksmanship for, right in the back of the skull. As he fell and as I turned to run, I did it again, as they paid me to, to make sure “(34). The author points out that the man knows who the victim was and the media play an important role in the man’s life because at the time he reads about him because he turns a criminal. The author states that the man after the crime he builds up his identity. The author states that the refugee realizes that after he makes the crime he still be invisible because he did not escape to another place because he still worries about his destiny because the man turns a...
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...Thi’s feelings and harasses her. Mrs. Bigio is not understanding that she is saying mean remarks to Mai Thi because she is angry and is taking it out on Mai Thi for her husband's death. She lacks understanding and empathy. She has been hurting Mai Thi’s feelings and also by harassing her. Mrs. Bigio has a spiteful attitude towards Mai Thi by not giving her hot chocolate because she is still upset about her husband’s death. For example, “Mai Thi did not reach for the chocolate when Mrs. Bigio came beside her. She did not raise her head. And Mrs.Bigio did not pause. She finished the rest...
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