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| Changes made by Kevin Rudd |
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- boat people will continue to be processed offshore but will have access to legal assistance and an independent review of unfavourable decisions
- detention will be used as a last resort
- children are no longer detained
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| How mandatory detention has changed |
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- has been in place since 1900's
- howard during his time as priminister was criticised for the policy and it's violation of human rights by the UN |
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| no changes to mandatory detention |
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| all unauthorised arrivals (boat people) will be processed offshore |
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| a person who has to flee their country due to war, persecution etc. as they fear for their life. They obtain refugee paperwork and are resettled in a country |
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| a person who flees their country due to war, persecution etc. as they fear for their life. They do not obtain or have access to refugee paperwork so they go to a country hoping to be processed as a refugee. |
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| The increasing interconnectedness of the world through the sharing of political, social, economic and technical ideas |
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| an immigration policy from 1947-1964. It was created out of necessity and required migrants who were not of the desired ethnicity to abandon their cultural practises, language, and beliefs and 'fit in' the Australian community |
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| an immigration policy from 1964-1973. This policy allows migrants to practice their cultural beliefs in the privacy of their own homes and local areas. They were still expected to conform to mainstream Australian culture when in the wider community. |
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| a person who chooses to leave their country of citizenship and move to another one. They have the financial means in which to do so and if they do not like their new country they're able to leave at anytime. |
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| The policy begun under the Keating Government in the early 1990's in order to be able to process asylum seekers who do not have the legal paperwork to stay or remain in Australia. During the Howard years it was a very tough policy that saw children detained. Rudd has since relaxed some of the laws, but the policy still breaches several articles of the Human Rights Charter |
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| a complex term and begun as a Federal Government Immigration policy in 1973. It encouraged migration of all cultures to Australia and promoted acceptance of a respect for cultural diversity and equality of opportunity. It was ended by howard in 2007 as it was argued to be integrated in Australia and wasn't needed. |
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