Asylum Seekers In Australia

Australia's mandatory detention of asylum seekers are of a serious concern. There has been aroused intense national and international debate. In the past few years we have been bombarded with images of detainees suffering from depression, mental anguish, trauma and psychological damage.
Australia has a policy of mandatory detention for all refugees and asylum seekers who arrive by boat to Australian shores (http://www.westnet.com.au/jackhsmit/detention.htm).
Those who have reached Australia's shores should not be placed in inhumane conditioned detentions, it is a breach of human rights. There have been proposed alternatives to detention of asylum seekers, many of which should be considered.

The Human Rights Watch has established many reasons to why asylum seekers have come to Australia, many of which to seek safety and hope for a better life. Once reaching Australia's shores, for the majority, hope for a better life is not the case. Instead, these aslyum seekers are imprisoned. M...