The Parliamentary Library has updated its booklet on asylum-seeker facts and figures.
The booklet provides responses to questions such as:
- What is the difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee?
- Are asylum seekers ‘illegals’?
- Are asylum seekers ‘queue jumpers’?
- Do most asylum seekers arrive by boat?
- Do boat arrivals ‘bring disease’ and are they a threat to security?
- Are boat arrivals ‘genuine refugees’?
- Do boat arrivals ‘take all Australia’s refugee places’?
- Do refugees receive higher welfare benefits than Australians?
- Is Australia being ‘swamped by boat arrivals’?
- Is Australia being ‘swamped with asylum claims’?
- Do developed countries bear the burden of hosting asylum seekers and refugees?
The booklet has been prepared by Janet Phillips of the Social Policy Section of the Parliamentary Library.
