Immigration detention

The police were informed of a domestic issue at the home of Candice Lecky, the claimant’s girlfriend. Mr. Walker was accused of punching miss Lecky and the police had come over to investigate. The events that followed are recorded differently by Mr. Walker and PC Adams. Nonetheless, Mr. Walker was arrested a few minutes later and taken to the police station were he was detained for another 7 hours before being released . Mr. Walker was charged with “assault of a police officer in the execution…

POWs during WWII During World War II there were hundreds of POW camps that were located across the United States, Asia, and Europe. POW camps were camps that held prisoners of war. These POW camps were supposed to follow the international laws of the Geneva Convention, but a lot of the time the camp officials did not follow these regulations. Laura Hillenbrand’s biography Unbroken, describes the life of Louis Zamperini who was an American POW that was captured and lived in several Japanese POW…

surgery, U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement intervened and placed him at the Calhoun County Correction Center despite his medical condition. Elmer now, “risks permanent nerve damage, chronic pain, and disability” but despite knowing this information ICE has denied him prescribed medication and access to a neurosurgeon. Through their work, the Not1More Organization…

Intro (237) Children in immigration detention centres have been a prevalent issue since 1992, which has affected the lives of many that are fleeing their countries to seek a better life. This issue affects the common good in unfathomable ways. Some of the happenings in the detention centres affect the dignity of not only the children in the detention but the adults too. The children have either been witness to or experienced some form of violence or abuse whether it is sexual, physical, or…

Australian immigration policies are constantly the topic of discussion and heated contention of many legal experts, international human rights bodies and United Nations conferences and meetings for all the wrong reasons. There are countless claims and warnings of breaches of international law and convention by Australian immigration officials, with many legal experts labelling Australian policies as harsh. For decades Australian policies have ignored these outcries but in light of recent public…

The second stakeholder is the Australian Government and their perspective within the issue is based on their beliefs that the immigration detention allows to be a frequent migration system in order for them to manage the potential risks towards the Australian community. This includes the national security, health and character risks. It also supports the integrity of Australia’s via programmes (Boarder.gov.au, n.p, p. 82). Furthermore the Australian Government argues that their services for…

This exposed me to an overview of the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative (JDAI) and how successful the program became and continues to grow. But, I wanted to know more specifically what JDAI is before recognizing the impressive statistical achievements this program has reported. So, I downloaded the full 40-page report and learned the following… The main purpose, or goal, for creating the JDAI was to decrease the number of juveniles in detention and to do that without compromising…

in the direction of asylum seekers and refugees (Australian Human Rights commission, 2013). but, Australia has taken extensive steps toward the problem by means of developing structures which help the commission’s suggestions and worldwide immigration detention network (Australian Human Rights fee,…

student in Canada. I think of myself as one of the luckiest kids in the world. I have the right to an education which no one can take away from me. I was shocked to know that a 16 year old Syrian refugee boy was held in solitary confinement in immigration detention for 3 months. The country that I am so proud to be born in and a part of suddenly didn’t feel so great. My thoughts about Canada have always been positive and I have always had tremendous respect for this great nation. Learning about…

the majority of Australians are irritated of refugees. An increasing number of citizens say refugees are threatening our stability and taking the funds that are needed to improve the lives of citizens, for example by expenditure on building more detention centers. The Australian government tries and help refugees as much as they can, for example on 9 September 2015, they announced that it would make an extra 12,000 humanitarian places available in response to the conflicts in Syria and Iraq,…