Year 10: Immigration

1. What is an asylum seeker?
2. What reasons would they leave their country and come to Australia?
3. What reasons will allow them to be approved for asylum?
4. From what countries are most asylum seekers coming?

Questions:

1. What is the deal between Australia and Malaysia? (What are the numbers of people being 'swapped'?)
2. What rights will they have in Malaysia which will allow them to support themselves?
3. How does Malaysia normally treat illegal immigrants?
4. Are children being sent to Malaysia?
5. What is going to happen to the processing of the 500+ people currently in Australia who have arrived from the 7th of May?
6. What do refugee advocates worry about for the 800 asylum seekers?
7. What is the goal of this 'swap' program?
8. Do you think that it will work? Why/why not?

For help answering these questions read this article: http://goo.gl/0L3wr