1. What is the deal between Australia and Malaysia? (What are the numbers of people being 'swapped'?)
Australia and Malaysia have agreed to an asylum seeker "swap" deal. Australia will send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia in exchange for 4000 genuine refugees who's cases have been verified by the UN Refugee agency.
2. What rights will they have in Malaysia which will allow them to support themselves?
They will be given human rights protections. They will be treated with dignity and respect in Malaysia, and Australia will be covering the cost of any health or education expenses. They will also have the right to work
3.How does Malaysia normally treat illegal immigrants?
They are routinely rounded up and put in detention if they're found in a work site. They are known to receive harsh treatment and punishment
4.Are children being sent to Malaysia?
Yes, children are being sent as part of this arrangement
5. What is going to happen to the processing of the 500+ people currently in Australia who have arrived from the 7th of May?
They will now be processed in Australia, after the government formally said that these asylum seekers were not going to be processed in Australia
6.What do refugee advocates worry about for the 800 asylum seekers?
They are concerned that there is no way the Australian government can guarantee the human rights protection for the asylum seekers
7.What is the goal of this 'swap' program?
The main goal is to slow down or even stop the amount of boat arrivals on the shores of Australia
8.Do you think that it will work? Why/why not?
I am extremely sceptical as to whether these human rights and punishment restrictions can be guaranteed when they cannot enforce these things from the shores of Australia. Also, the asylum seekers being sent are extremely against the idea themselves, so I am also interested as to how they are going to force these asylum seekers out of Australia and into a country where asylum seekers are generally treated with harsh disrespect
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