“Why have people from Indonesia requested refuge in Australia?”

Immigration to a different country is a major step, and one that should be thought about genuinely. In the case that will be discussed, why Indonesians have requested refuge in Australia, the move would be especially hard seeing that one country is an Asian society and one is western (Although Australia is geographically part of Asia). Reasons to leave a country can vary. One who flees for safety, especially to a foreign country to escape danger or avoid political, religious, or racial persecution is called a refugee . Although one is not in danger from the country they wish to migrate from, they may wish to leave because of poor education, poor health facilities, poverty and so on. The reasons why people from Indonesia have requested refuge in Australia will be discussed by looking at; what is commonly referred to as the ‘ year of living dangerously’, the massacres during the ‘Soeharto Era’ and discussing the human rights and conflicts during that time (two of those being the ...