Asylum Seekers – Boats and Planes

There is more media attention and political attention paid to asylum seekers arriving by boat than the greater number of asylum seekers arriving by plane. Australian Prime Minster Scott Morrison has defended this policy, noting the different situations. People who try to come to Australia by boat suffer poor condition that may be life threatening. They are at the mercy of people smugglers, an unofficial trade that is ethically questionable and never open to any supervision or checks. Boat immigration is risky for the individual immigrant who suffer poor travel conditions, and risky for the Australian nation because the individual immigrants cannot be checked beforehand,

By contrast, immigrants on a plane have already passed a character and background check. They are basically moving through official channels that provide some sound safety for the country and the individual immigrant

An easily overlooked loophole here is plane travelling individuals who come on tourist visas and claim asylum after they arrive. They have bypassed the character tests of the official channels.

The issue of people arriving by boat has recently come back into the news media because of people on Manus and Nauru Island. Changes in the Australian law means that hundreds of people from these two islands will come to the country for medical treatment. It will still be possible to block entry for any individuals from these islands if they prove to be of dubious character or are seen as a security threat, but this power to refuse entry has now been reduced. 

The prime Minister claims that the Labour governments’ decisions on the Manus and Nauru Island have weakened national security, increasing the risk of allowing criminals into the country.

Recently some immigration related services on the Manus Island have been awarded to a little know company called Paladin. This has been controversial.

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