Australian Immigration

1) Define Asylum Seeker - An asylum seeker is a person who has fled their own country and applies to the government of another country for protection as a refugee.
2) An asylum seeker would leave their country because of circumstances such as war, political opinion, social group, religion, nationality or other factors that could seriously affect their lives as they would be persecuted
3) Asylum Seekers will be accepted when it is understood that they do need a Visa and need resettlement because they can't return to their country for a valid reason. Or a Human Rights Program Visa is given because of the amount of discrimination in a country
4) Most Asylum Seekers are coming from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iran and poorer countries such as Rwanda (Africa).

Video Questions:
1) The deal between Australia and Malaysia are that Australia will send 800 Asylum Seekers in return for a legitimate 4000 refugees whose cases have all been checked for approval into Australia
2) The Asylum Seekers will be treated dignity and respect and have their rights protected, Australia will cover the cost of health expenses and education. This means they can't use public hospitals and schools but have their needs covered. They will have the right to be employed and have a job and earn a living.
3) Malaysia usually punishes Asylum Seekers quite harshly (e.g. caning) sometimes even without the government knowing and then either lock them up and used as forced labor, or send them back to their home country.
4) Children will be sent to Malaysia with special privileges such as extra food and health coverage with the consideration of special cases
5) The 500 people will have their claims processed in Australia before either being sent back to their home country, locked up at a detention center or sent to Malaysia.
6) Australia cannot ensure the rights and protection of those Asylum Seekers being sent to Malaysia and the rumor's of the court challenging the rights and the morals of this swap as it is dangerous in regards to the Asylum Seekers not being treated well enough.
7) The goal of this swap program is to improve the relations between Australia and the UN (indirectly) and also to try and deter Asylum Seekers from trying to coming to Australia so often (boat people) since they may not have the special requirements for them to be accepted as refugees
8) I think it will work because it has a pronoun effect on the world and it will tell other future Asylum Seekers that Australia is cracking down on the amount of people accepted because of the high standards. It depends on how well the first deportation works and that we have a PM that doesn't like Boat People at all