immigration policy in australia

Boatpeople

- First boatpeople came 1979 after the

Vietnam War

- In the late 1970s more and more

boatpeople came to Australia

- First refugee camps were opened in

Sydney, Perth and Melbourne

- Establish an immigration detention (1992)

- Try to catch boatpeople and bring

them into camps

Policy nowadays

Immigration Restrict

Act 1901

- Immigration policy against non-European

people

law prohibited the non-European´s to

immigrate

- Immigrants needed to write a dictation test to get to

Australia

- Beginning of the "White Australia policy"

- Especially British migrants were preferred

- 1949-1966 the Menzies and Holt

government changed these laws

the origin was not important anymore

- 2006-2010 the immigration detention ended

- Julia Gilliard reintroduced it

- 2013 " Stop-the-Boats" election campaign

from Tony Abbott

Operation Sovereign Borders

- Stop all boatpeople

- 2013 about 20.000 refugees

- Since 2014 only single boats

- Refugee camps at Papua-Neuguinea and

Nauru

- Refuses asylum to anyone who does not

apply from abroad

- Point system for immigrants

Structure

The Immigration Policy in

Australia

1. Why did we choose this topic?

2. Immigration Restrict Act 1901

3. Boatpeople

4. Policy Nowadays

5. Options to emigrate to

Australia

Point System

6. The European Immigration and

Refugee Policy

7. Sources

8. Discussion

Options to emigrate to Australia

- Business people who invest

- Family members

- Skilled workers

point system

- Work Visa

- Student Visa

- Short-term/ Tourist Visa

Sources

Point system

for skilled worker

- At least 60 points

necessary

- Age, knowledge of English and profession

very important

https://www.auswandern-handbuch.de/auswandern-nach-australien/

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/australien-schickt-alle-fluechtlingsboote-zurueck-loest-aber-das-problem-nicht-a-1029454.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Australia

https://www.google.de/search?q=point+test+australia+visa&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjm1-XY1u7XAhXM-qQKHexOBVcQ_AUIDCgD&biw=1821&bih=897&dpr=0.75#imgrc=lXbLJgTYrSD2qM:&spf=1512332786421

https://theantibogan.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/a-unique-look-at-the-boat-people-problem-in-australia/

https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article157851796/Einmal-australische-Hoelle-und-kein-Zurueck.html

http://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/panorama/id_73719932/fluechtlinge-australien-fordert-europa-zu-totaler-abschottung-auf.html

Discussion

What do you think about how the

Australian Government treats the

boatpeople?

Could this also be a solution for Europe?

The European Immigration

and Refugee Policy

- Common immigration policy

- Deportation from illegal refugees is not

allowed

- Ten-point plan

try to prevent the refugees to come

- Austria demands similar solution for

Europe