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Historically, most asylum seekers arrived by plane. However, there was an increasing number of asylum seekers arriving by boat in the late 2000s and early 2010s, which was met with some public disapproval. [4] In 2011–2012, asylum seekers arriving by boat outnumbered those arriving by plane for the first time.
Nauru Regional Processing Centre. / 0.54056°S 166.93056°E / -0.54056; 166.93056. The Nauru Regional Processing Centre is an offshore Australian immigration detention facility in use from 2001 to 2008, from 2012 to 2019, and from September 2021. It is located on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru and run by the Government of Nauru.
Operation Sovereign Borders ( OSB) is a border protection operation led by the Australian Border Force, aimed at stopping maritime arrivals of asylum seekers to Australia. [ 1] The operation is the outcome of a 2013 federal election policy of the Coalition, which commenced on 18 September 2013 after the election of the Abbott government. [ 2]
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre ( ASRC) is an asylum seeker support organisation in Australia. The ASRC, based in Footscray, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, provides aid, justice and empowerment programs to over 1000 asylum seekers living in the community seeking refugee protection. The ASRC is run by a team of over 1000 volunteers and ...
Amateur video of the sinking of SIEV-221, captured by Christmas Island residents, was broadcast on the evening news in Australia on 10 December. [22] The incident escalated domestic political debate in Australia regarding asylum seekers arriving by boat, [ 22 ] [ 23 ] and became a turning point in asylum seeker policy.
Australia has released a stateless Rohingya man held in immigration detention for years, the government said on Friday, following a landmark court ruling that paves the way to end the indefinite ...
The Hazara Council of Australia is an organization formed by the Hazara community of Australia. [4] Hazaras constitute one of the largest ethnic groups of asylum seekers in Australia [5] According to the 2016 Australian census, 21.9% of Afghan-born Australians recorded their ancestry as Hazara and 33.9% listed Hazaragi as their main language ...
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