Assessing the Role of Department for Immigration and Protection of Border in Australia in Dealing with Immigration Issues

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1. Title and Introduction.............................................................................................................3
2. Summary of problem to be addressed....................................................................................4
3. Background information/ outline of the relevant social policy or proposed policy change. .4
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5. Recommendations for change and Conclusion......................................................................6
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1. Title and Introduction
This report tends to assess the role of the Department for Immigration and Protection
of Border in Australia in dealing with and resolving the issue with immigration that Australia
have been facing very critically since 2001. Since the year 1945 during the time when federal
portfolio for immigration was formed. Since then, the Department for Immigration and
Protection of Border in Australia have officially acknowledged 7.5 million immigrants
(Watkins 2017). The immigrants include 800000 refugees along with various other
humanitarian entrants.
In order to give entry to the permanent immigrants there is two formal
acknowledgement program of the Department for Immigration and Protection of Border in
Australia. The first is Migration program for the people with elevated skills level in certain
fields and again those who arrive with families. Another similar program is the Humanitarian
program arranged by the Department for Immigration and Protection of Border in Australia
(Altbach and Reisberg 2017). This program is for the refugees and the other immigrants who
are allowed under other ground of humanitarianism. As informed by Castles (2016), The
Department for Immigration and Protection of Border in Australia works directly with the
UNO to give shelter to the offshore as well as the onshore entrants. The offshore entrants are
in fact referred to Australia under the UNHCR program. Such immigrants are settled in
Australia and are able to find means of basic livelihood and education owing to the initiatives
of the Department for Immigration and Protection of Border in Australia. This department
also conducts an international survey in order to identify the people who are facing human
right abuses staying in their native country and incidentally have some form of linkage with
the Australian mainland. Such people are also offered a refugee license under the offshore
scheme.