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Asylum in Australia has been granted to many refugees since 1945, when half a million Europeans displaced by World War II were given asylum. Since then, there have been periodic waves of asylum seekers from South East Asia and the Middle East, with government policy and public opinion changing over the years.
However, in 1954 the Australian government ratified the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Under Article 31 of the convention, the Australian government is legally obligated to grant anyone fleeing persecution and seeking asylum the right to enter the country by whatever means possible.
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 ]
In 2006 the Indonesian Army manipulated the voyage to Australia of 43 West Papuan asylum seekers in a secret psychological warfare operation. [ 17 ] between 2009 and 2013, more than 50,000 asylum seeker made their way to Australia by boat, with the help of Indonesian transporters and in 2017 it was discovered that Indonesian security forces ...
The War-time Refugees Removal Act 1949 was a piece of Australian legislation that formed part of the White Australia policy.It was introduced by the Chifley government in July 1949, in order to give the federal government the explicit authority to deport non-white foreigners who had arrived in Australia during World War II.
Arthur Calwell with the Kalnins family – the 50,000th New Australian – August 1949 In 1954, 50,000 Dutch migrants arrived. Post-war immigration to Australia deals with migration to Australia in the decades immediately following World War II, and in particular refers to the predominantly European wave of immigration which occurred between 1945 and the end of the White Australia policy in 1973.
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 ...
A further application by the couple to seek special leave to High Court of Australia to hear an appeal of the Federal Court decision was refused in May 2019. [30] Including the negative finding by the High Court, the family had their asylum appeals to stay reviewed and rejected seven times through seven court and tribunal sessions. [31]