Basic Human Right to Work to be ratified by Parliament immediately for Community Detainees
- Target:
- Australian Government
- Region:
- Australia
- Website:
- www.immi.gov.au
Refugees arriving by boat in Australia who are released into Community Detention are forced to live for several years upon charity. According to international conventions, every person has the right to work: The Right to Work is Protected by:
Articles 23 and 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Articles 6,7,8, and10 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
Articles 8 and 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Article 5 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Article 11 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
The basic right to work is stripped from asylum seekers in detention centres and in Community Detention, along with their dignity and self esteem.
The cost to the Australian public via Charitable and Governmental organisations is not justifiable when many of these detainees arrive with skills and a strong desire to finance their own and their families' existence here. The effect of forced unemployment on their mental health increases the health bill for their care while torturously awaiting the governments decision to grant a visa or exile them into probable danger.
Australians should be aware of this breach of human rights by our Government, and assist change by voicing their concerns.
We the undersigned call on the Senate to move for the Australian Government to remove the denial of the right to work from the "Detention" conditions imposed upon Community Detainees residing for any period within the community in Australia.
The Australian Government should allow Community Detainees to seek work to support themselves and their families, and to allow them access to Employment Support Services, and Job Training programs in Australia, in order to facilitate independence from Charity and State.
This should be done as soon as possible to curtail the suffering of Community Detainees in keeping with their basic Human Rights.
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The Basic Human Right to Work to be ratified by Parliament immediately for Community Detainees petition to Australian Government was written by Carlina Ridgeway and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.