Assertion: asylum seeker | /r/CapableOf | arrive by boat
Facets:
value: after 13 august
type: TEMPORAL
value: in a single year
type: TEMPORAL
value: with in place
type: OTHER
value: between 1999
type: TEMPORAL
value: between 2001
type: TEMPORAL
value: between 2002
type: TEMPORAL
value: between mid-2008
type: TEMPORAL
value: in 2012
type: TEMPORAL
value: in australia
type: LOCATION
value: between 1 january
type: TEMPORAL
value: to australia
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: at different times
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Both major parties believe it does, agreeing that offshore processing is necessary to deter asylum seekers arriving by boat.
text: Do most asylum seekers arrive by boat?
text: Although the proportion of asylum seekers arriving by boat has increased significantly in the last few years, and boat arrivals continue to be the focus of much public and political attention, they are in fact more likely to be recognised as refugees than those who have arrived by air.
text: Asylum seekers who arrive by boat are subject to the same assessment criteria as all other asylum applicants.
text: Past figures show that between 70 and 100 per cent of asylum seekers arriving by boat at different times have been found to be refugees and granted protection either in Australia or in another country.
text: In other words, past figures show that more asylum seekers who arrived by boat have been recognised as refugees than those who entered Australia by air.
text: ...in the context of our migration program, the number of asylum seekers arriving by boat to Australia is very, very minor.
text: Under this system, asylum seekers who have arrived by boat must be transferred to a third country as soon as is reasonably practicable unless the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection decides otherwise.
text: However, asylum seekers who arrived unauthorised by boat between 13 August 2012 and 1 January 2014 and are permitted by the Minister to apply for a visa may be put through the new ‘fast track’ assessment process (introduced in April 2015).
text: For asylum seekers who arrived by boat on or after 13 August 2012, the Australian Government has said the principle of ‘no advantage’ applies regardless of whether they are taken to a regional processing country or given Ministerial exemption and remain in Australia.
text: A Bill to amend the Migration Act to extend this liability to all asylum seekers who arrive by boat, even if they reach the mainland, was introduced into Parliament in November 2012.
text: Opposition immigration spokesperson Scott Morrison has been claiming that over 90% of asylum seekers arriving by boat in Australia turn up without ID.
text: Scott Morrison, what percentage of asylum seekers arriving by boat destroy their documents and papers?
text: First of all, the most recent in-depth data comes from a budget Estimates committee in May 2011, when the Department of Immigration answered a question by Liberal Senator Michaela Cash on the percentage of irregular maritime arrivals (the government jargon term for asylum seekers arriving by boat) landing in Australia without documentation in the last three financial years.
text: In 2011, Australia received 4565 asylum seekers by boat, while 17,202 asylum seekers arrived by boat in 2012 (the Department of Immigration has calendar year figures while the Senate has financial year figures, just to make the whole thing more confusing).
text: It is a few days after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced his “PNG solution” to his latest political crisis, whereby no asylum seeker arriving by boat will be settled in Australia.
text: It doesn’t matter to us that more than 85% of asylum seekers who arrive here by boat are found to be genuine refugees, and that as signatories to the UN Refugee Convention we are obliged to offer these people refuge.
text: Between 1999 and 2001, 12,000 asylum seekers arrived by boat; between 2002 and mid-2008, approximately 300.
text: From mid-2007 to mid-2008, with the Howard policies still in place, 25 asylum seekers arrived by boat; in 2008-2009 the number had reached 1,000; in 2009-2010, 5,300; and in 2012-2013, 25,000.
text: If the trajectory continued, and there was no reason to believe it would not, it was possible that 50,000 asylum seekers would arrive by boat in a single year.