PICT110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Australian Border Force, People Smuggling, Pushback
23 May 2018
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Course
Professor
(2/4) Week 6 – Ho do e seure Australias oarders
Border security → Traditioal order seurit easures suh as ehaed oastal
surveillance, and increased engagement with transit countries such as Indonesia and
Malaysia in an attempt to stop people smuggling at its source.
WHAT IS A BORDER
- Border → A demarcation line between two or more states
o Realist Approach → Boundaries between states are strict dividing lines to
protect state sovereignty and national security (divided lines)
o Liberal Approach → Borders connect neighbours and enable cross border
transactions (connecting lines)
o Global Paradigm → Borders are virtual lines, replaced by economic, cultural
and other boundaries (virtual lines)
ROLE OF A STATE TO PROTECT BORDERS
- A state has;
o Unlimited control over its territory
o Sovereign right to make any decision
o MAJOR OBJECTIVE: Protect its people and resources
o Therefore, need to secure its borders
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Boarders can be;
- Simple straight lines easy to secure
- Complex even difficult to demarcate
- Most complex international border
o Example: border between India and Bangladesh → how do they resolve this?
CHALLENGES TO BORDER SECURITY
Air
- Without Visas, legal documents → person will land and come
to the airport where the authorities check documents
- Hence, can be detained into detention or sent back
Maritime
- Unauthorised person comes through ship can be detained at
seaport
Physical
- Does not share with any country → hence no challenge here
MAJOR
CHALLENGE
Unauthorised
maritime arrivals
- Asylum seekers
- Trafficked and smuggled people
- War criminals
- Stateless people → person does not belong to any country
hence the ABF makes a decision where to send them
HOW AUSTRALIA PROTECTS IT’S BORDERS – Australian Border Force (ABF)
- Responsible for border protection
- Patrols air and seaports, remote locations
- Mail and cargo centres
- Australias eteded aritie jurisditio
- Facilities lawful movement of people and goods across borders
- Detains onshore unlawful arrivals
- Removes unauthorised arrivals from Australia
- Works in partnership with intelligence + law enforcement + other agencies
- Investigates and detects illicit goods and immigration malpractices
- Operates through Strategic Border Command
- Through a command centre with oversight of regional commands
- Ensures effective coordination between border enforcement and operations
- Follows a whole-of-government approach
AUSTRALIA’S INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS
Obligations;
- Member of community of nations
- Several obligations towards vulnerable people
- Signatory to several UN conventions
o ICCPR
o CAT
Benefits;
- Absolute state
sovereignty
We ill deide ho
comes to this country and
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Document Summary
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