If you're doing asylum seekers or refugees as your contemporary human rights issue...it might be worth having a look at Japan's asylum seeker intake. I think that when we make evaluative statements about Australia's laws or responses, it's important to compare to other nation states to get an idea of the international standard/expectation.
In 2016, 10,901 people sought asylum in Japan, up 44 per cent from a year earlier, when the country accepted 27. (Although the title of the article says 28...)
Japan is a large donator of international aid.
Germany received 745,545 asylum applications last year, data from its Interior Ministry showed. In the same period, Berlin approved more than 256,000 requests.
The article is
here.