PS 2B03/WS 2A03/LS 2W03 (2010/11) Lecture 4: Rights and obligations of and to those seeking asylum

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Lecture 4Monday January 24 2011

PEACE ST 2B03/LABR ST 2W03/WOMENS ST 2A03: Human Rights and Social Justice

Dr Colin Salter, Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University

Asylum seekersTransnational issues and approaches

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Outline

People arriving by sea

Australian approach and its influence

TheMV Sun Sea

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16 August 2001

Internationalcontroversy

The Tampa Crisis

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16 August 2001

Internationalcontroversy

The Tampa Crisis

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We will decide who comes to this country and the

circumstances in which they come.John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia, 6 December 2001.

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http://ihistory.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/simulation-podcast-was-australia-invaded/

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Some of them say 'I'm sorry, please I'm sorry". I say

"No, no it's okay", they say "It's not okay! I'm sorry".

Farid Ahmed Abdullah, The 7:30 Report(2010)

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Initially headed for

Australia

Boarded off BC Coast,August 2010

Mv Sun Sea

Image source http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters/article/849048--hysteria-and-the-boat-people

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For Wednesday

Should the notion of border security drive policies

towards those seeking asylum?

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For Thursday

What are some of the ways in which, as a nation,

Canada can approach the refugee issue?

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Citations & further reading

Roger Annis (2010) Canada adopts Australian anti-refugee policy, Green LeWeekly,September 19. hp://www.greenle.org.au/node/45441

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2010) Long tough road to citizenship, e 7:30Report, June 3. Transcript available onlinehp://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2010/s2917775.htm

Heather Johnson (2010) Intercepting Boat Arrivals: What the Australian PolicyModel Means for Canadian Asylum Policy, Canada-Asia Agenda, December 9.hp://www.asiapacic.ca/canada-asia-agenda/intercepting-boat-arrivals-what-australian-policy-model-mean

Daniel Leblanc (2010) PM takes hard line on Tamil migrants, e Globe and Mail, August 17. hp://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/oawa-notebook/pm-takes-hard-line-on-tamil-migrants/article1676011/

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Citations & further reading

David Marr (2006) e luck of the draw, e Sydney Morning Herald, August 19.h p : / / w w w . s m h . c o m . a u / n e w s / n a t i o n a l / t h e - l u c k - o f - t h e - d r a w /2006/08/18/1155408025317.html

Peter Hartcher (2010) A compassionate voice for asylum seekers: Chris Bowen hasdumped the harsh rhetoric for a humane detention policy e Sydney Morning Herald,October 23. hp://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/a-compassionate-voice-for-asylum-seekers-20101022-16xxz.html

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Image sources

Mike Konopacki. 2000. If there was justice in the world, 2000 http://www.veggies.org.uk/calendar/2000.htm

Human Rights Champions, 2001 http://invisiblecollege.weblog.leidenuniv.nl/2007/03/11/who-wants-to-be-the-

new-human-rights-cha

Which do you pet, which do you eat? http://www.meatout.org/action/outreach.htm

Shane T. McCoy, Detainees at Camp X-Ray, 11 January 2002. Image in the domain image http://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Camp_x-ray_detainees.jpg

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