2. Info about Australia - 7 states; Western Australia is as big as Western Europe - 20 times larger than Germany - A quarter of Germany’s population - annual economical growth of 4 % since 1990 - GDP has been rising 3.4% on average since 1998 - >6 mio immigrants from 200 countries in the last 60 years

3. History of Australia 1770s - White Settlers Aborigines -> about 300,000 - 1,000,000 Aborigines 1778 - Sydney was founded -> first prison settlement 1850s - Gold Rush 1911 - Canberra became the captial city

4. White Australia Policy ( Background) 1780s - American Revolution ended  Convicts were shipped to Australia 1850s - Gold Rush  Europeans and Chinese settled  Economic Boom  Increasing foreign population  1901 - common immigration policy

5. White Australia Policy ( 1880s-1950s) Immigration Restriction Act 1901 - limit immigration to Australia - enable deportation of illegals - Dictation Test - any non-European citizen - 50 word long dictation Abolition of the Policy - reluctant acceptance of black US troops - Colombo Plan

6. Current Immigration Policy - based on Migration Act of 1958 -> to change international image of the “White Australia Policy“ - any applicant must satisfy health and character requirements 2 ways to get a permanent visa - migration program - humanitarian program

7. Current Immigration Policy Migration Program - skill migration stream -> workers with particular skills - family stream -> partner, child, parent, other family - special eligibility stream -> distinguished talents (sportsmen or scientists)

8. Current Immigration Policy Humanitarian Program Offshore resettlement program - from overseas Onshore protection - temporary visa has expired or arrived illegally - about 50.000 a year - “queue jumpers“

9. Onshore aplicants + grants by origin

10. Settler Arrivals, by Eligibility

11. Uninviting Immigration Policy for Refugees About 20 mio refugees worldwide -> Australia hosts 13.000 “Queue Jumpers” -> fear being exposed to capture if applying trough official channels -> UN International Refugee Convention acknowledges that anyone fearing persecution is entitled to seek refuge, even without documents Detention Centers - for illegal immigrants - investigation of applicant’s status - human rights groups + government’s own advisory body has expressed concern

12. Detention Centers in Australia

13. New Arrangements to Strengthen Border Control - external territories excised - terms of imprisonment for people smugglers - class actions in migration processes prohibited -... -> Prime Minister (John Howard) wants to hold on to its policy

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