Petition to end mandatory detention
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nWorld Wide Statistics (UNHCR, 2008): <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong> \u2022 There are an estimated 15.2 million refugees, 26 million IDPs and 827,000 asylum seekers waiting to be processed, worldwide. 6.6 million people are considered stateless; that is, they have no country that recognises them as citizens. The UN refers to these people as \u2018people of concern\u2019.<\/p>\n\u2022 Only 10.5 million refugees and 4.4 million IDPs received assistance and protection from UNHCR. This leaves 16.2 million refugees and IDPs with no access to assistance or protection from the UN.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Developing countries, who have the least money available, host 80% of the world\u2019s refugees. This is equivalent to 12.2 million refugees.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Most of the world\u2019s refugees currently come from Afghanistan and Iraq as a result of the conflict and violence.<\/p>\n
\u2022 At least half of the world\u2019s \u2018people of concern\u2019 are women and girls; 44% of these people are under the age of 18 yrs. Australian Statistics (Refugee Council, 2009):<\/p>\n
\u2022 Over the last 65 years, Australia has resettled over 700,000 refugees.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Of all the people arriving in Australian waters by boat, over 90% of them have been recognised as genuine refugees.<\/p>\n
\u2022 In 2008, Australia resettled 13,500 refugees (0.09% of the world\u2019s refugees).<\/p>\n
\u2022 Australia is a signatory of the UN Refugee Convention and therefore has the responsibility to offer protection and services to refugees through its Humanitarian Program.<\/p>\n
\u2022 In countries that are not signatories to the convention \u2013 such as India and Indonesia \u2013 there is the potential for denying the recognition of refugee status and thus refugees\u2019 rights, leaving them more exposed to human rights abuses.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Australia has a policy of mandatory detention for all asylum seekers entering Australia without documentation. If refugees have had to flee their country due to persecution, it is often impossible for them to get the necessary documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Act For Peace are calling for people to sign their petition to end mandatory detention.\u00a0 Click on the link below to add your voice. Petition to end mandatory detention World Wide Statistics (UNHCR, 2008): \u2022 There are an estimated 15.2 million refugees, 26 million IDPs and 827,000 asylum seekers waiting to be processed, worldwide. 6.6 million people are considered stateless; that is, they have no country that recognises them as citizens. The UN refers to these people as \u2018people of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,89],"tags":[90,44,73,48,83],"class_list":["post-344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-help-refugees","category-petitions","tag-act-for-peace","tag-afghanistan","tag-asylum-seekers","tag-boat-arrival","tag-cost-of-detention","post-has-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"\n
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