Australia grants asylum to Afghan, Iranian refugees: officialAustralia has granted asylum to 28 people from Afghanistan and Iran, in the first such move since relaxing tough rules on asylum seekers, a senior official said. Immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. minister Chris Evans announced late Friday the group, including 10 children, had been allowed to settle for their own safety. "These people clearly demonstrated a well-founded fear of persecution or death should they be returned to Afghanistan or Iran," Evans said in a statement. He said they had been picked up as they sailed towards Australia between September and November last year, and have since been detained on Christmas Island Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean Christmas Island, tropical island (2001 pop. 1,508), 60 sq mi (155 sq km), an external territory of Australia, in the Indian Ocean c.200 mi (320 km) S of Java. , some 2,600 kilometres (1,612 miles) to the country's northwest. They are the first people to be granted asylum since the centre-left government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. softened Australia's refugee policy last July.
Announcing a "more humane" approach, Rudd scrapped the automatic incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. on arrival of asylum seekers and called for an end to the detention of children and their families -- both legacies of the previous conservative government. Rudd had already scrapped the "Pacific solution" policy under which people seeking asylum were sent to special detention centres in the tiny island nation of Nauru or the Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (păp`  ə, –y island of Manus MANUS. Anciently signified the person taking an oath as a compurgator. The use of this word probably came from the party laying his hand on the New Testament. Manus signifies, among the civilians, power, and is frequently used as synonymous with potestas. Lec. El. Dr. Rom. Sec. 94. .
Asylum seekers arriving by boat are still held at Christmas Island and their cases are reviewed every six months. Claims by another 134 people on Christmas Island are currently under review, Evans said. 
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