Inside Detention
Questions
1. Discuss the Inside Detention story with a friend.
2. In 2013, why did the news report on this story about asylum seekers and immigration detention centres?
3. Who is an asylum seeker?
4. Why are asylum seekers put in detention centres?
5. Where are Australia’s offshore detention centres located?
6. Describe what the conditions are like inside Australia’s offshore detention centres.
7. In 2013, why were asylum seekers sent to detention centres offshore?
a. It is cheaper
b. It is more comfortable
c. It deters asylum seekers from coming to Australia by boat
8. Why are asylum seekers protesting?
9. How did this story make you feel?
10. What do you think should happen next?
2. In 2013, why did the news report on this story about asylum seekers and immigration detention centres?
3. Who is an asylum seeker?
4. Why are asylum seekers put in detention centres?
5. Where are Australia’s offshore detention centres located?
6. Describe what the conditions are like inside Australia’s offshore detention centres.
7. In 2013, why were asylum seekers sent to detention centres offshore?
a. It is cheaper
b. It is more comfortable
c. It deters asylum seekers from coming to Australia by boat
8. Why are asylum seekers protesting?
9. How did this story make you feel?
10. What do you think should happen next?