For my expository assignment I have chosen a very hot issue in the eyes of both Australians and the Government. The issue of asylum seekers in Australia is typical of how many important issues in areas of economic, environmental or social issue becomes a split dispute. I believe that Australia should assimilate the refugees so both sides can come to a win-win solution.

Fact: Compared to other nations, Australia takes a hard-line approach to asylum seekers. All people are compulsorily detained. If successful they can only receive a 3-year temporary visa and cannot apply to have their families join them. The current policy has not stopped people coming. Asylum seekers come to Australia because they fear persecution in their own country. The numbers reflect the severity of the situation they are fleeing, not the policies of the countries they are fleeing to.

The Minister for Immigration recently commented that the drowning deaths of over 350 people trying to get to Australia would not deter others. If such events do not deter people, the costly use of the Australian navy will not deter them either. The number of asylum seekers coming to Australia has increased since the Tampa. The curren

The Australian government has to way up all the positives and all the negatives to sort out what to do. So I've put together a short list of positives and negatives that they should be taking into consideration.

I've searched Internet sites, in papers, and by asking friends and family and it's become clear that it is hard to find an agreeable solution. I have come up with some ideas of my own to try and help solve this dent in the government's budget.

I have approached friends and family with the question of what should Australia do with Iraqi asylum seekers landing on our doorstep. It's clear that there we're different views from all but the opinions from the younger to the older generation were entirely different. The people that were over the age of forty were very one sided, usually coming out with the line "just send them back". When I asked if sending the back wasn't an option I got told to "put them in the middle of the desert so they can see what Australia is really like, and who ever can make it back to civilisation, wins!". As anyone could see the older generation that I interview were very firm on that they would only cause trouble. When I asked the younger generation almo

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Approximate Word count = 804
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)