Immigration

1. What is an asylum seeker?
An asylum seeker is a person who has fled their own country and applies to the government of another country for protection as a refugee.


2. What reasons would they leave their country and come to Australia?
Often asylum seekers flee their country due to war, famine or poverty and they usually come to Australia to create a better life for themselves.


3. What reasons will allow them to be approved for asylum?
Reasons that asylum seekers would be allowed to seek refuge is if they have fled a country that can no longer give the a sustainable life.


4. From what countries are most asylum seekers coming?
Most refugees are from Middle-Eastern and African countries such as Iraq, Somalia, Afghan, and Conga Dominican Republic.