The Consideration of Refugee Rights in Australia in its Role in Reaching the Policy Aims of Integration

Year 2017, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 94 - 110, 01.06.2017

Sherene Ozyurek Maurice Gerkens

Abstract

This paper examines Australia’s adoption of a Safe
Haven Enterprise Visa (SHEV) in 2014 for unauthorised maritime arrivals, or
asylum seekers who arrived by boat. This new model allows the asylum seeker, if
found to be a genuine refugee, temporary protection with the potential of permanency
through the pathway of other existing visa streams in Australia’s Migration
framework. This visa provides the asylum seeker the right to study or work in
regional Australia. Subsequently, if the applicant holds this visa for three
and a half years, the applicant is then eligible to apply for any other
available visas within the Australian Migration framework for which they
satisfy the relevant criteria. This, in practice, resolves
a number of issues; protection obligations and skilled labour shortages in
certain areas of the country and is argued to assist, consequently, in the
issues of integration. The paper will examine the development and progress of
this new model, which adds another criterion for asylum seekers for their
pathway for permanency through their skill base to be used in the receiving
country, namely Australia. The use of their skills can assist in the perception
of contribution to Australia whilst also assisting the asylum seeker in
integrating within Australia.

Keywords

Australia’s Safe Haven Enterprise Visa, Pathway for permanency for asylum seekers, Integration

Entegrasyonun Politika Amaçlarına Ulaşmada Avusturalya'daki Mülteci Krizinin Ele Alınması

Abstract

Bu makale deniz üzerinden yetkisiz bir şekilde
gelenler ya da botla gelen sığınmacılar için 2014 yılında Güvenli Sığınma
Girişimi Vizesinin (SHEV) kabul edilmesini inceler. Bu yeni model sığınmacıya,
eğer gerçek bir mülteci ise, Avusturalya’nın göç çerçevesindeki mevcut diğer
vize akımlarını izleyerek kalıcılık ihtimali olan geçici koruma imkânı verir.
Söz konusu vize sığınmacıya Avusturalya’da okuma ve çalışma hakkı verir.
Ardından başvuru sahibinin bu vizeye üç buçuk yıl sahip olması durumunda,
başvuru sahibi Avusturalya göç çerçevesi bünyesinde ilgili kriterlerini
karşıladığı mevcut diğer vize türlerine de başvurma hakkı kazanır. Uygulamada
bu, koruma yükümlülükleri ve ülkenin belirli alanlarındaki vasıflı işgücü
eksikliği gibi birçok sorunu çözmektedir ve sonuç olarak entegrasyon konusunda
karşılaşılan sorunları desteklediği ileri sürülmektedir. Bu makale kabul eden
ülkede, yani Avusturalya’da kullanılmak üzere yeteneklerine dayanılarak
kalıcılığa giden yolda sığınmacıların karşısına yeni bir kriter çıkaran bu yeni
modelin gelişimini ve ilerleyişini inceleyecektir. Yeteneklerinin kullanımı
sığınmacıyı Avusturalya’ya entegrasyonu hususunda desteklerken Avusturalya’ya
katkıda bulunma algısını destekleyebilir.

Keywords

Avusturalya’nın Güvenli Sığınma Girişimi Vizesi, Sığınmacılar İçin Kalıcılığa Giden Yol, Entegrasyon

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