Asylum and Rwanda - 16th Apr 2022 10:58am
Newspapers are making a big issue out of using Rwanda as holding centre for Asylum seekers and I genuinely don't see why.
Asylum is not about choosing to live in another country (migration), it is about leaving your country because you are unsafe through some form of discrimination. Unfortunately we have a lot of economic migrants attempting to claim asylum and we need a process to discourage that. Routine migration/immigration is a completely separate issue from asylum.
Asylum Seeker:-
What is wrong with using Rwanda? It is providing a temporary safe place for asylum seekers while discouraging economic migrants attempting to claim asylum. Australia has been using a similar system for many years and it works well for them.
Asylum is not about choosing to live in another country (migration), it is about leaving your country because you are unsafe through some form of discrimination. Unfortunately we have a lot of economic migrants attempting to claim asylum and we need a process to discourage that. Routine migration/immigration is a completely separate issue from asylum.
Asylum Seeker:-
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A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it.
What is wrong with using Rwanda? It is providing a temporary safe place for asylum seekers while discouraging economic migrants attempting to claim asylum. Australia has been using a similar system for many years and it works well for them.