Topic > Comparing and contrasting asylum seekers and refugees

Article 5 states that: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” This article has been violated in the detention centers where Australia sends asylum seekers. Asylum seekers receive degrading treatment and are treated like minors and children are not allowed education. Another violation is Article 25 which states: «Everyone has the right to a standard of living sufficient to ensure the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, shelter, medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, illness, disability, widowhood, old age or other loss of livelihood due to circumstances beyond his control. This article has been completely violated by locking up asylum seekers on an abandoned island with little or no basic care and the violence and unrest makes people feel unsafe. However, Australia has upheld some human rights for refugees. Australian refugee and asylum seeker policy is perceived differently by different groups. Some individuals claim that the treatment of asylum seekers in detention centers is inhumane and a violation of human rights. Some organizations have worked to improve them and try to change the way Australia treats refugees. Sweden's policy towards refugees and asylum seekers includes that in 2013 Sweden granted automatic housing to Syrian refugees fleeing war. Sweden offers refugees permanence, to encourage them to work and learn the language. Sweden wants refugees to be included in society and not isolated from the rest of the country. When refugees arrive in Sweden, they are appointed by a lawyer and registered and two to three weeks later they will arrange an interview with the refugee and the officials will make a decision within three