ATS2269 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Class Action, Yellow Peril, Operation Sovereign Borders
15 Oct 2018
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Week 8 refugees & asylum seekers in australia. Indonesian fishing vessel carrying 438 asylum seekers got stranded in international waters between indonesia and australia. The tampa (norwegian ship) picked up the asylum seekers. The asylum seekers wanted to be taken to christmas island. Captain of ship flagged by australian government and told he couldn"t bring the asylum seekers to christmas island. Diplomatic stand off between australian and norwegian government. Australian special forces boarded the tampa, forcibly removed the asylum seekers and took them to nauru. After this howard government bring in the policy of turning back the boats". Siev-x sank off australian coast with several hundred asylum seekers on board. Siev-iv and the children overboard" affair > threatened to throw their children overboard if they weren"t allowed into australia these claims found to be false. The pacific solution > offshore detention of asylum seekers. This is known as the securitisation of asylum seekers and refugees in.
