4: Strangers v Citizens

Question 1

Strangers v Citizens debate:

Answer 1

Should states put the needs of strangers before the needs and protection of its citizens?

Question 2

Signatories of the CRSR:

Answer 2

Agree to protect the human rights of all asylum seekers regardless how they arrive

Question 3

Australia has:

Answer 3

Agreed not to breach the concept of non-refoulement

Question 4

Australia provided:

Answer 4

2013 - Australia provided 13,750 places under their humanitarian program.

Question 5

Malaysian Foreign Minister:

Answer 5

Signing the CRSR will force us to “to treat these people better than our own people”

Question 6

Malaysian PM:

Answer 6

“If we become a signatory, the implication is we will encourage more foreign workers to come, increasing the number of illegal immigrants”

Question 7

On average:

Answer 7

Each Middle Eastern refugee resettled into the US costs an estimated $64,370 in the first five years

Question 8

Argument that:

Answer 8

Refugees use more in public than they pay in taxes.