Migration Law Research Paper 2022

Running head: MIGRATION LAW
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Introduction
This paper has identified the welfare legislation, various laws and programs, in relation to
the immigrants and the refugees in the nation of Australia. This paper has discussed the different
types of refugees in relation to the nation of Australia and the distinct types of protection that is
made available to such distinct refugees. The types of protection that have been discussed in this
paper are the ‘onshore protection’ and the ‘offshore settlement’. It has been mentioned that the
nation of Australia has participated in the Convention regarding the status of the refugees. The
Refugee and Humanitarian Program of the nation of Australia has been mentioned in the paper
and a brief discussion has been forwarded in that regard. The Migration Act and the Migration
Regulations as under the Commonwealth have been mentioned and discussed in this paper. A
short conclusion has been forwarded in this paper.
The Humanitarian Program involving Refugees
The immigration system of the nation of Australia includes two primary elements. Firstly,
it is the Migration Program for capable and domestic migrants. Secondly, it is the Refugee and
Humanitarian Program for distinct type of refugees and other individuals in situations as that of
any particular refugee (Gubernskaya & Dreby, 2017). In relation to the Refugee and
Humanitarian Program, there are distinct trajectories for different types of refugees. One is for
those individuals who all are looking for an asylum and shelter after their arrival in the nation of
Australia. This kind of protection is known as onshore protection. The other one is in relation to
those individuals or refugees who all are not inside the nation, instead outside the nation of
Australia and is in urgent requirement of relocation and resettlement. When protection is
forwarded in these type of situations, it is known as offshore resettlement. This element of

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‘offshore resettlement’ may be further classified into two categories. One category is the Special
Humanitarian Program Category and the other category is the Refugee Category. Such
classification permits the populace living in the nation of Australia to help and assist family
members who are very close and who all are in other nations of the world and are facing abuses
regarding human rights. In case of the element of onshore protection, the individuals who seek
asylum are treated contrarily. Such distinct behavior depends on and rests on the fact that
whether such individuals entered or arrived in the nation of Australia with a valid visa or not
(Phillips, 2015).
The nation of Australia participated in relation to the Convention regarding the status of
refugees in the year of 1951. The nation also took part in the protocol of the Convention which
was conducted in the year of 1967. The nation of Australia has been involved in the refugee
settlement program of the United Nations since the year of 1977. The majority of the populace
are granted visas with the help of the offshore category regarding refugees. Such individuals are
evaluated as refugees by the High Commissioner for Refugees of the United Nations and such
individuals are also mentioned to the government of the nation of Australia for considering the
idea of resettlement (Koser, 2015).
The total number of areas that are available in the Refugee and Humanitarian Program is
provided every year by the government of the nation. In relation to the predicament happening in
the country of Iraq and in the country of Syria, a response was provided by the nation of
Australia. Such predicament was due to the skirmish between the country of Iraq and the country
of Syria. In relation to such humanitarian predicament, the government of the nation of Australia
has forwarded a declaration in the month of September and in the year of 2015, which stated that
a supplementary twelve thousand permanent humanitarian places shall be made available during