These amazing souls are examples of the people I work with on a daily basis.These are the stories you do not hear on the news or government media campaigns. I was completely disgusted that in the last election that both major parties key points were to “Stop the boats & keep boat people/asylum seekers out of Australia”

According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

An asylum seeker is a person who has fled their own country and applies to the government of another country for protection as a refugee.

According to the United Nations Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (the Refugee Convention), a refugee is a person who is outside their own country and is unable or unwilling to return due to a well-founded fear of being persecuted because of their:

• race
• religion
• nationality
• membership of a particular social group
• political opinion.

To find out more about The Australian Human rights commmission around Asylum seekers & refugees go here: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/human_rights/immigration/asylum_seekers.html

Cheers,
Chad