Research paper
Asylum seekers apply to governments in the surge of seeking protection from the
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given country as refugees. Being an asylum seeker ideally means that fleeing
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from one’s country is driven by fear of persecution out of being predisposed to a
given nationality, race or social group.The arguments presented are inclined to
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how influential opening up Australian borders to asylum seekers is to the
country’s reputation as well as cultural and economic impact experienced by
Australia once the borders are open. All these constitute the privileges and
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limitations that asylum seekers have to comply when they are in Australia. Ultimately, opening up the Australian borders is beneficial even though it is a
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contested issue in the Australia government.
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Asylum seekers extensively influence the Australian economy as population
growth results in more productivity while equally implicating the country’s
financial needs.The significance of asylum seekers in the economy can be
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faulted, as being sources of government spending and causing instability in the
fields of revenue and wealth creation. As Australian Human Rights Commission
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and Human Rights Watch asserts, asylum seekers have the right to access the
governments’ medical insurance schemes and other social services that the
government provides (Correa-verez, Bice, and Gifford 2005, p. 2). This issue
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translates to more government spending on subjects that could have been
channelled elsewhere towards the growth of the Australian economy.Besides,
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asylum seekers increase financial burdens to the country. The challenge with
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hosting asylum seekers is that governments need to extend their budget on
expenditure because of more people to more needs and more spending
(Newland and Capps 2017). Asylum seekers who do not get job opportunities
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tend to rely solely on Centrelink exclusive benefits. This facilitates each individual
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with approximately $462.00 per fortnight (Newland and Capps 2017), which is a
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costly figure tending to derail the Australian government from injecting these
monies into more significant development projects.However, opening up the
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borders to asylum seekers boosts Australia’s economic opportunities as asylum
seekers tend to significantly increase the country’s consumer market, provide
employment opportunities while equally occupying empty job opportunities
(Fleay, Lumbus, and Hartley 2016). Australia is likely to boost its economic
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growth because asylum seekers tend to be more hardworking than any other
groups, and this is a result of understanding what losing everything means. Moreover, asylum seekers create new markets for products while extensively
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increasing the consumer markets because they will always need the basic
necessities of survival. A study conducted by the Australian Government
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Productivity Commission (Verrender 2017) identifies that raising the number of
people allowed in the country from 18,000 annually to 35,000 will significantly
increase the goods and services demand to an average of $18 billion. Thus,
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economic benefits to the country will be progressive and timeless as these
humanitarian migrants proceed on with their lives from pursuing and completing
their educations, to starting work and building their own families, which in turn
generates more income into our economy. Furthermore, asylum seekers tend to
