The Union for Progressive Judaism has expressed concern that key focus of the enquiry into Immigration Detention Facilities is on the provision of protection to the personnel running detention centres rather than addressing the key issues required in a policy relating to the asylum seekers and refugees themselves.
The Australian Reform Zionist Association has written a letter of complaint to Shmuel Ben-Shmuel, Israel's ambassador to Australia protesting the treatment os asylum seekers in Israel.
Both Israel and Australia face challenges regarding asylum seekers and refugees and, in both countries, there have been attempts by some to dehumanise asylum seekers.
