REFUGEE

BOATS

HUMANITARIAN

???????

BORDER

PROTECTION

?????

CHILDREN

BOATS ILLEGAL?

1948 HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION

‘Everyone has the right to seek and

enjoy in other countries asylum for

persecution’

http://www.glennmurray.com.au/

http://www.glennmurray.com.au/

1951 REFUGEE CONVENTION

•Concerns raised by UN after reports of

Australia blocking asylum seekers at sea

breaching the 1951 convention

•Human rights watch had criticized Australia

badly in their 2014 report for the breach of

the 1951 convention

•Freedom

seeker

•Hope seeker

•Life seeker

ASYLUM

SEEKERTHISARU CHANDRASEKARA 2014