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.