Proposal for Amendment in Immigration Health Policies
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Proposal for Amendment in Immigration Health Policies
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RUNNING HEAD: POLICY ANALYSISASSESSMENT TASK 1AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITYPUBH632: PUBLIC HEALTH LAW & POLICY
OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR NICK XENOPHONToThe Hon. Nick Xenophon SENATORThe NXT PartySouth AustraliaParliament House Canberra ACT 2600PO Box 6100Email: senator.xenophon@aph.gov.au21 September 2017Dear Senator,Proposal for Amendment in Immigration Health Policies of AustraliaWe are writing this letter on behalf of the Refugee Council of Australia with a concerned focuson the current immigration policies meant for the refugees in our country. As per the recentimmigration health policy, the refugees arriving from high-risk countries are not subjected tomedical assessment if the duration of stay is temporary. But the more serious change that hasbeen very recent is the immigration policy that is supposed to act as deterrent to those arrivingwithout visas; in this case it implies the immigrants who have fled their original nations.Nothing is intended here to disregard the national integrity but the reforms are supposed toput considerable impact on the immigrants who either arrive by boat or are detainedsomewhere at remote locations without ever being granted entry to Australia. Opaquedetention system and health assessments imply unethical practices. As per a generated report,it has been found that visa systems and immigration health policies which are currently activeinterfere in the nation’s humanitarian phase and its reputation in the international arena. In away, the asylum seekers are being completely rejected at the first place (Sanggaran & Zion,2016).Being loyal to dual sides has become the major problem of healthcare professionals who oftensuffer from ethical dilemmas because of these stringent immigration policies. While theiremployers want to comply with the government, these people want to perform ethicalpractices and serve every care seeker impartially. Unfortunately this is not the case withrefugees. The changes in immigration policies have been witnessed when students with eithertemporary or permanent visas are not entitled to special significance or additional healthassessments (FSCI, 2017).
OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR NICK XENOPHONHost CountryAverage Number of Arrivals in the year 2011AustraliaAround 5000GreeceAround 100ItalyOver 60000SpainAround 5000YemenOver 1 lakhThe increase in influx of refugees from overseas regions has been large in recent years followingthe people who have experienced persecution in their parent land or have been throughhumanitarian crisis. Over 50,000 refugees have arrived on the Australian coasts within a periodof 5 years up to 2013. As a politically hostile response, the immigrants who arrive through boatshave been rejected from entering the country by means of changes introduced in Australianimmigration policies. The conditions for refugees have been worsened further because of thepenal actions taken against asylum seekers and under-transparent detention system. Just tocite an example of our detention system, presently such situation can be witnessed ifsomebody visits Manus Island where Rohingya muslims have been detained (RCA, 2017).We strongly support the critics who question on the Australia’s reputation on the Global themeof human rights when it comes to sending the immigrants back from arrival and crediting it ameasure towards preventing death at seas. Some do not realize that the just like the resistanceoffered to further asylum, the reforms in Visa program and related immigration policies aremotivated on the basis of racial factors. Notably it has been reported as per data provided byBBC that assessment on entry of asylum seekers is carried at offshore locations like Nauru andManus thereby, leaving the chances for inhuman treatment and the inside-story of suchassessments. Some experts discuss about the lifestyle degradation of Australians whilecompletely ignoring the conditions of those immigrants who yet haven’t entered the mainland(BBC, 2016).The reforms in Australian Immigration Health Policies as of the year 2017 further highlights thatAustralian media has denigrated the image of entire refugee population under a single domainwithout considering the origins and belief systems of diverse groups. The table providedpreviously illustrates the vagueness of criticality that is emphasized by the Australian mediaregarding asylum seekers. According to AO Officer Menadue (2013), a research paper releasedby Australian parliamentary library in past year revealed that the rate of refugee influx inAustralia is comparable with that of other OECD countries. At both sides, the rate of refugeeinflows almost coincided in the year 2011. In fact, the rate of inflow in Australia has declinedsince the year 2001. The Australian media has been aggressive in its stance for welcomingimmigrants.
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