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Detention 4 Detention

Friday October 17 th. Detention 4 Detention. To Begin…. What is the difference between a REFUGEE ASYLUM SEEKER MIGRANT. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights , adopted in 1948, is a statement of the basic rights and fundamental freedoms owed to all human beings. Article 14.1 states,

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Detention 4 Detention

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  1. Friday October 17th Detention 4 Detention

  2. To Begin… • What is the difference between a REFUGEE ASYLUM SEEKER MIGRANT

  3. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948, is a statement of the basic rights and fundamental freedoms owed to all human beings.

  4. Article 14.1 states, "Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution." This principle is at the root of refugee rights world-wide, and forms the basis of the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.

  5. An asylum seekeris someone who has fled their own country and applies to the government of another country for protection as a refugee. It is NOT illegal to seek asylum

  6. According to the United Nations the Refugee Convention Refugee is someone who is outside their own country and cannot return due to a well founded fear of persecution because of their: • race • religion • nationality • membership of a particular social group • political opinion.

  7. A migrant Aperson who moves from one place to another in order to find work or better living conditions.

  8. "I miss my country, the sunshine of my country, its soil, my friends, my [family], the way of life and its incredible simplicity." HabibSouaidia, 2006 Territory size shows the global proportion of refugees and internally displaced persons living there.

  9. The image above was drawn by a boy named Arrih in detention on Manus Island, accompanied by the words “My mother is crying and I am sad”.

  10. “For just one hour in the morning we come out of the room to see the sky and one hour in the afternoon. And then the doors closed, locked in.” (Unaccompanied teenage boy) Article 31: The right to play, recreation and cultural activity.

  11. "I think there should not be any detention for children at least. All these people that are spending months or years in detention, they have not done anything wrong, they are not criminals... There should not be any detention for children. They should be free." - Teenage boy, Manus Island

  12. “I found it difficult that I did not have my own space to pray” (Teenage girl) Article 14: The right to religious practice.

  13. "Most of the police did not know the name, so we have a number. The people all wrote our card number and he read for us, "[my number], you come". (Unaccompanied teenage boy) Article 8.1: The right to a name.

  14. Advocacy: what is it? • Providing a voice for the voiceless • Standing in solidarity • Highlighting a person’s circumstances

  15. 2014 Offshore Processing

  16. Nauru and Manus Island….. • At present, there are 621 men, 259 women and almost 200 children living in detention on Nauru. • There are 1353 men on Manus Island. • They are living in hot, cramped conditions with little medical or mental health care. …….They have no idea of when their applications for asylum and refugee status will be processed, or where they will end up when they are.

  17. Children in Detention The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) latest statistics are dated 30 June 2014 : • 766 children locked in Australia's secure immigration detention facilities,  • 169 of these children are detained on Christmas Island  • 193 of the children are detained in Nauru 1525 are detained in the community under residence determinations, a system referred to as Community Detention. 1870 children are living in the community on Bridging Visas which mean their parents have no work rights and very limited access to any Government support.

  18. Concerns to UNHCR a) the unnecessary and arbitrary detention of children; b) the deteriorating mental health of children in the RPC, which was impacting on their ability to engage in educational activities; c) the trauma caused to the children by being in detention; d) the health and hygiene issues: including skin and other infections, and lice infestations; e) inadequacy of educational facilities; f) lack of suitable playing areas for children; and g) lack of access to human rights institutions and lawyers.

  19. Detention 4 Detention- What is it? ERA for Change seeks to again draw the attention of our schools and wider communities to the plight of people seeking asylum, particularly children.  Together we would like to see the end of children being kept in detention indefinitely.  We see this practice as being in stark contrast to the Gospel message of welcoming the stranger. 

  20. Detention 4 Detention- When is it? ANATIONALEdmund Rice student event, “Detention for Detention” IS ON Friday October the 17th.

  21. Detention 4 Detention- How will we do it? * A very simple event- students voluntarily give themselves one lunchtime detention as an act of solidarity with the many children still being kept in detention under current government policy. * Sitting or standing in silence for a short period of time • Students will have materialtied around the mouths of people participating and/or hands tied behind their back to represent the lack of voice and the vulnerability of these people. 

  22. Detention 4 Detention- Where will we hold it? Alphington Court

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