This is what happened to Australia's 12,000 refugees from Syria and Iraq.
A total of 1,500 refugees are expected to resettle in Australia over four years under the CRSA program, which is costing the federal government $9.2 million to roll out. The government has promised to increase that to 5,000 places in addition to Australia's current humanitarian intake.
In the 2016 Census, there were 15,320 people in Australia who were born in Syria. Of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Of the population born in Syria who usually live in Australia, 15.7% were aged 0 - 14 years and 12.4% were aged 65 years and over.
Australia hosts almost 60,000 refugees and 80,000 asylum seekers. Most are from the Middle East or Asia. It's estimated that 8,000 people are stateless.
In 2020–21, Australia granted a total of 5,947 refugee and humanitarian visas. The majority of these people came from: Iraq.
Gallup's updated Migrant Acceptance Index ranks North Macedonia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro – southeast European countries that along with Greece and Italy faced the initial waves of refugees – as the least-accepting countries for migrants.
Syria — 6.5 million refugees
The majority of Syrian refugees from the 12-year conflict remain in the Middle East. The crisis has forced 3.6 million to seek refuge in Turkey, which also hosts the largest number of refugees of any country in the world. Syrian refugees are also in Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq.
The Syrian diaspora led to the influx of Syrians into Australia as a result of the Syrian Civil War. The Syrian refugee crisis proceeding the civil war is the largest refugee displacement the human race has seen, with an estimated 11.2 million Syrians displaced.
The largest Syrian communities at the local government level are currently in Bankstown, NSW (944) and Fairfield, NSW (899), as well as Hume, Vic (598).
The 1921 New Zealand census counted 338 Syrians. 393 Syrian-born people were counted in the 2013 census. Due to the Syrian Civil War, many Syrians have been made refugees since 2011. The New Zealand government has taken in 750 Syrian refugees and will increase its intake of Syrians.
Permanent Protection: Policy Statement. People seeking asylum in Australia who are found to be refugees, or found to be owed Complementary Protection, should be issued with a Permanent Protection visa.
So why does Australia have tough asylum policies? Australia's two leading political parties, the ruling Liberal-National coalition and the Labor opposition, both support tough asylum policies. They say the journey the asylum seekers make is dangerous and controlled by criminal gangs, and they have a duty to stop it.
Australia has already undertaken two successful repatriation missions from the detention camps in north-east Syria. In 2019, eight orphaned children, including a pregnant teenager, were returned to New South Wales from the camps.
Concerning refugees, according to the UN International Migrants Stock, in 2020 no one registered or applied for refugee status in Singapore, while in 2019 there were only 2 refugees. However, according to UNHCR, there were 5 refugees by mid 2020, but no IDPs.
Canada. Located in North America and sharing the longest binational land border of the world with the USA, Canada is undoubtedly the most desirable country in the world to immigrate to. The government is known for its welcoming attitude toward immigrants.
One of the reasons that countries in the Persian Gulf - including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman - decided to shut the door on Syrian refugees is because the concept itself of refugees isn't actually recognized in their politics.
Japan's tight refugee policy spans decades. In 2021, the country granted refugee permits to only 74 out of 2,413 asylum-seekers.
At 10 years old, Najeeba Wazefadost fled Afghanistan with her parents. She sought asylum from Australia by sea in September 2000. She spent several months in mandatory immigration detention before being recognised as a refugee.
Some well-known people in Australia who have come from a refugee background are: Anh Do (Comedian/ Author) Les Murray (Sport - football) Frank Lowy (Property owner)
Australian immigration detention facilities comprise a number of different facilities throughout Australia, including the Australian territory of Christmas Island. Such facilities also exist in Papua New Guinea and Nauru, namely the Nauru Regional Processing Centre and the Manus Regional Processing Centre.