THE PRACTICES OF AUSTRALIA'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES TO ENCOUNTER THE ILLEGAL MARITIME ARRIVALS IN STRENGTHENING AUSTRALIA NATIONAL SECURITY (2001 - 2013)

Abstract

The issue of illegal maritime arrivals or asylum seekers have been categorized as the global issues that happened in the human civilization due to intensify fear of being threatened for their safety. Irregular migration has received much attention and concerns among states and in the international communities. The boat arrivals in Australia have been perceived as threat towards the Australian national security, thus the government have seen the urgency to encounter the illegal maritime arrivals through some security measures. The research will analyze the policy making process of Australian policy as the Government's approach in dealing with Illegal Maritime Arrivals. The method used in this research will be descriptive analysis. By using the theory of Societal Security by Barry Buzan and Bridgman and Davis Policy Cycle to analyze the process of policy formulation under the government of the four leadership term, the result shows that the process of policy making on each of leadership have resulted different outcomes towards the number of boat arrivals to Australian territory. From that result then it will be analyzed on whether the Australian national security was strengthen or not using the number of boat people arrivals to Australian territory as the indicators.