TO WHAT EXTEND DO THE BOAT TURN-

BACK POLICY EFFECT DIPLOMATIC

RELATIONS BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND
INDONESIA

PRESENTED BY:
ANDHIKA PANDU KURNIAWAN
STUDENT ID: 2131283
the terms emerge around 1976 when numbers
people from Indochina (Vietnam) embarking to
Australia & Asia.
Later, the terms applied to waves of refugee who
attempted to reach United States by boat from
Cuba and Haiti, and also to afghan and other
middle-east refugee seeking asylum in Australia

IS number of people who arrives by boat
through the sea, unannounced, without a visa
and with the intention of seeking political
asylum.
THEY ARE people who owing well-founded fear of
being persecuted for reason of race, religion,
nationality, membership of particular social group,
or political opinion, is outside the country of his
nationality and is unable to or, owing to such fear
is unwilling himself of the protection of that
country.
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1951 UN Convention Relating the Status of Refugee
& UNHCR
BOAT PEOPLE
POSITION
&
OBLIGATION
SIGNATORY STATE OF 1951 UN CONV. OF REFUGEE
1982 UNCLOS
1974 CONVENTION FOR SOLAS
1979 CONVENTION ON MARITIME SAR
NON SIGNATORY OF 1951 UN CONV. OF REFUGEE
1982 UNCLOS
1974 CONVENTION FOR SOLAS
1979 CONVENTION ON MARITIME SAR
AUSTRALIA GOVERNMENT policy to
protect Australia's sovereignty by preventing
any kind of illegal entry vessel to the
territorial waters.

practices an interception of any kind of illegal
vessel and where safe to do so, remove it
outside Australians territorial waters and
beyond Australias contiguous zone.

started in December 2013
RECENT CASES

date of embark
embarkation
Point
date of turn-back
Number of
people
Explanation
8/ 12/ 2013
Kandaria,
South Sulawesi
19/12/2013 47
Boat towed to ROTE Island while people travelled on
navy ship
22/12/2013 West Java 27/12/2013 42
Escorted back by 2 navy vessel from Christmas Island to
southern coast of Java
21/12/2013 Makassar 1-6/01/2014 45
Landed near Darwin, called for help, towed to Rote Island
by HAMS Parramatta and HMAS Glenegl after five days
--/12/2013 Medan 8/01/2014 25
Intercepted early Jan 2014 near C.I, escorted back by
Navy to Southern java
5/01/2014 Java 15/01/2013 56
Intercepted mid-ocean, boat scuttled, rescued by Navy,
taken to CI, place in life boat, ordered to continue to
Indonesia accompanied by Navy
27/01/2014 Java 5/02/2014 34
Asylum seekers on Austalian ships Triton and HMAS
Bathurst off the coast of CI, towed orange life boat after a
week.
IT IS UNLAWFUL TO THE INTERNATIONAL
LAW
Its an action that disobey the international obligation to protect refugee & give
assistance to distress people at the sea (The Refugee Convention & The SOLAS
Convention.
Expulsion in any kind of method to refugee is not allowed.
According The Refugee convention, expulsion supposed to be based on a proper
legal process. In fact, those refugee was sent back to Indonesia water without any
access to fair and open legal process.
Australia officers has breach the refugees rights as a human such as coercion, cruel
and inhuman while doing expulsion. As reported there are a refugee that has been
coercion to touch hot engine and burnt their hand by inflamed match
INDONESIAS
REACTION
Indonesia government reject and oppose the policy
Indonesia defence authorities has strengthen the
border protection
Indonesia evaluate that by implementing turn-back
boat policy and numbers of unnecessary incident by
Australia Navy could categorized as sovereignty
violation and harmful.
Indonesia also asking Australias commitment to
Human Rights and responsibility as a signatory
state to 1951 Refugee Convention
DIPLOMA
CY is an ordered conduct of relations between one group of human beings and another group alien
to themselves (in this case, group means states/ countries)
It is also has a meaning as an art or practice of conducting relations, as negotiating alliances,
treaties, and agreements
build with good faith regarding to issues of peace-making,
trade, war, economics, culture, environment, human
rights, national interest, military aspect and political issue
bridging the gap between countries
diplomacy needs a diplomat to build communication between countries,
which is represent with ambassador. Diplomacy is intended to reduce
tension, prevent war as well as a forum for mediation of international
conflicts
CONCLUSIO
N
diplomatic relation is built in purpose to foster,
maintain and organize a smooth relationship
with the state and other government
There is a similarity interest between Indonesia
and Australia, that both countries is protecting
their sovereignty. The gap is, Indonesia
evaluate that by implementing turn-back boat
policy and numbers of unnecessary incident by
Australia Navy could categorized as
sovereignty violation and harmful
Indonesia has objection oppose Australias turn-back boat policy. It is affecting the relation between
Indonesia and Australia into high tense, however in my point of view with only one issue: turn-back
boat policy it is not affecting diplomatic relation between Indonesia and Australia, furthermore if
there is a gap between both countries regarding this issue, it is diplomat duty to do diplomacy