Detention of Asylum Seeker in Processing Centers

Running head: DETENTION OF ASYLUM SEEKER IN PROCESSING CENTERS
Detention of asylum seeker in processing centers
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1DETENTION OF ASYLUM SEEKER IN PROCESSING CENTERS
Common good refers to what is shared and beneficial for all the members of the
community or what is achieved by citizens by collective actions and active participation of them
(Zwi et al., 2015). In the current context, in Australia, a considerate number of the individuals
are coming from other countries and they seek protection from the Australian government in
order to live a safe life (Cooper et al., 2017). However, in the recent era, in order to seek help for
their legal, health and cultural issues, they are experiencing immense humiliation (Martin, 2015).
It was observed that despite the common good principles are applied for every human being;
processing centers neglected their responsibility (Pinto, 2017). Considering the catholic social
teaching, the principle of respect for Human Dignity, The Principle of Solidarity should be
followed by every individual. The Principle of Respect for Human Dignity is stated that every
person is worthy of respect simply by virtue of human being and people should not lose the right
of being treated because of their vulnerability. In the context of the legal issue, in the processing
center of Nauru Island, asylum seekers are living in the unsanitary environment against their
will, they do not have rights to keep food and allowed showered only for two minutes in spite
good advice from health professionals (Wiefek & Heinitz , 2018). These actions breach the first
principle of catholic social teaching by treating the dignity of the asylum seeker. Moreover, in
the context of health care services, providing health care services as a contribution to the
common good is a responsibility of health professional but they tend to delay in providing care
which further breach dignity of individuals (Martin, 2015). In the context of education, children
of the refugee who went to local schools experienced humiliation and not given proper
educational benefits which violated the principle of solidarity. Felber, (2015) stated that
solidarity refers to the unity and collaboration between individual to provide mutual support

2DETENTION OF ASYLUM SEEKER IN PROCESSING CENTERS
within the group. Therefore, as the processing centers are unaware of their responsibility to
respect asylum seekers and participate to support them for living a safe and terror free life, the
majority of the asylum seekers are living a life of prisoner. To enhance the life of the asylum
seekers, the Australian government should take immediate actions to resolve the problems.
The passage will illustrate the proposed strategy to resolve the issue. According to
Ziersch, Due and Walsh (2018), the intense and unrelenting conflict has driven more people from
their homes and approximately 65 million people are displaced globally. It was observed that
out of 65 million people, 21 million people are refugee and half of them are children. As
discussed above, the Australian government is transferring refugee to the Nauru Island for
resettlement against their interest, where they live a life in unsanitary conditions (Martin, 2015).
Moreover, they are experiencing the violation of their human rights. These rights include giving
no privacy, lack of the accessibility to the medical treatment especially for elder population,
negligence in education, forced detention in the processing center (Canetti et al., 2016).
Therefore, initiatives should take for violation of principles by developing advocacy for this
global issue.
As discussed above, the majority of the asylum seekers are living a life of a prisoner and
therefore, advocacy needs to be developed to retain the human dignity of these asylum seekers.
The first step would be the initiates of government publically affirming its’ commit to the letter
and spirit of the refugee conventions for taking a fair share of responsibility to resolve the global
issues (Crawford et al., 2016).
According to Hartley and Pedersen (2015), as they seek protection from the Australian
government, Australian government should find a safe and permanent solution such as a
developed advocacy for providing rights to them which any third world countries can provide