Ways to Secure the Australian Borders

Running head: INTRODUCTION TO SECURITY STUDIES
Introduction to Security Studies
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1INTRODUCTION TO SECURITY STUDIES
Ways to Secure the Australian Borders
Securing the border should be the priority of any nation, as most of the illegal and
criminal activities occur in the borders of the countries. There is a constant increase in the
external threat to Australia, these threats are manifesting at the border, like organised crimes,
quarantine problems, and other terrorism problems. There are ways in which these security
issues can be controlled, by adopting certain measures these issues can be resolved and
eventually be eliminated. The job of the border security force is not only to secure the borders
but also to capture contrabands and prevent illegal immigration and remain active to counter
terrorism.
The first step, which should be taken to improve the security of the nation, is to stop the
arrival of illegal immigrants from the sea (Little & Williams, 2017). As Australia is located in
the heart of the ocean, priority should be give to tighten the naval forces to secure the most
vulnerable border. When the Labour government had come to power in 2007, there was an
increase in the arrival of illegal immigrants in boats and a lot of deaths were reported (Lueck,
Due & Augoustinos, 2015). Several children who had come into the country by illegal means
were detained in the detention centres. The border security failed to protect the border and it was
a disaster. To recall from this massive failure more attention should be provided to secure the
waterways.
There are many countries, which have sympathetic feelings towards the terrorist groups,
so while allowing the citizens belonging to such countries the government of Australia should
not provide them with permanent citizenship and should have a systematic check upon those
individuals as they might pose threat to the nation (Hogan & Haltinner, 2015). Revoking the