Wider World Links - Australian Offshore Detention Policy

1. The article was published on July 22, 2019.

2.  The areas that are affected are Nauru, Manu and Australia.

3. 4 facts in the article

-The government of New Zealand has offered to take 150 refugees each year, but Australia says "no".

-Australian government is trying to stop medevac from going to the Island, these boats bring really sick people from the Island to Australia to receive proper medical treatment

- The Australian offshore detention policy has been going on since 1994, yet hundreds of people are still being denied their basic human rights.

- The public are allowing their government to spend their tax dollars on keeping people incarcerated in overseas detainment facilities.

4. How does this relate children of men

In Children of Men there was a group of protesters against immigrants and holding them captive. In Australia there has been groups of protesters holding signs and wanting rights for the people and for them to come home as they disagree with the treatment immigrants are getting from their country

5. Thinking about this article specifically, explain why is it worthwhile to study the film Children of Men
It’s dehumanizing

https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/394790/offshore-detention-anniversary-life-destroying

Making Wider World Links ~ Refugee trying to get to Italy

1. The article was published on July 19 in 2019
2. The areas that are affected are Libya and Italy as the refugees are from camps in Libya but were bound for Italy
3. The country with the largest amount of migrants relative to its population is Lebanon, one in six people are refugees
Over seventy. million people around the world were forced out of their homes as of 2018, half of these people were children. This is more than double the number from twenty years ago.
423 migrants had been killed this year trying to reach Italy.
On in every five migrants who travel by boat die.
4. It is worthwhile to study the film "Children of Men" as it shows the cruel treatment of refugee's, we need to understand they left their country because their home has some problems with it, we need to understand that they are human too so we should treat with them dignity and respect. These people have a high chance on dieing, we should try to help there travel safer by putting boats at sea or by trying to help their country safer.