Refugee and Humanitarian

Australia has provided humanitarian responses in the form of permanent and temporary refuge to people suffering from persecution, natural disasters, political unrest and war situations in their home countries both in the past and currently.

Australia accepts persons to be refugees who can meet the United Nations Refugee Convention’s definition.  

That is  they are outside their home country and can demonstrate that they are unable or unwilling to return to it because of a well-founded fear of being subject to persecution on Convention grounds (pertaining to race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion).

Australia’s permanent immigration program has two components – migration (non-humanitarian) for skilled and family migrants, and humanitarian for refugees and others with humanitarian needs.

The Humanitarian Program has two components: an offshore resettlement program for persons overseas, and onshore protection for those people already in Australia who arrived on temporary visas or in an unauthorised manner, and who claim Australia’s protection.

The offshore resettlement program comprises two categories:

Refugee for people outside their home country who are subject to persecution in their home country and have been identified in conjunction with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as in need of resettlement. This includes the Woman at Risk category; and

Special Humanitarian Program for people outside their home country who are subject to substantial discrimination amounting to gross violation of human rights in their home country. Their applications must be supported by people resident or organisations based in Australia.

 

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