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Asylum seekersChanging responses
Using the following web links, information gathered in class and your own research complete the
following tasks:
Resources
1) Information and handouts from class2) Here are some websites to assist your
investigation however you are also required to partake in your own research:• http://www.chilout.org/• http://www.amnesty.org.au/• http://www.hreoc.gov.au/about/medi
a/media_releases/2009/2_09.html• http://news.smh.com.au/national/rud
d-govt-softens-asylum-seeker-laws-20080729-3mgo.html
• http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/803474/police-and-coroners-look-into-boat-blast
Questions to be answered in your books or as a word document:
1) Have there been any recent changes to immigration detention in Australia? What role have NGO’s played?
2) Are children still being held in immigration detention?3) If not, where are asylum seeker children and their
families being held?4) Are the human rights of asylum seekers still being
breached when it comes to detention?5) Do you think the current influx of asylum seekers will
change the response of the Rudd government? How will this affect the changes made to detention?
CREATIVE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY
Create either:•A letter to our Prime Minister Kevin Rudd•A photo essay•A newspaper article•A song•A mock interview with an asylum seeker
In your chosen medium, highlight the breaches of human rights that asylum seekers are facing in detention centres, what changes have been
made and their effectiveness and what you think should be done about the current asylum seeker
issue.
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