Abstract :
The title of this research is the application of Pasific Solution policy by Australia?s
government in controlling the arrival rate of refugees and asylum seekers in terms of
international law. Refugees and asylum seekers are usually caused by prolonged
conflict in a country so that they do not feel safe staying in their home country and in
the state presecution. Refugees and asylum seekers seekers seeking refuge in safer
countries and to fulfill the rights needed. Australia is one of the destination countries
for refugees and asylum seekers get the protection, besides because Australia has
been ratified Jenewa Convention 1951, Australia also has a good quality of life. But
the Australian government seems began to interfere with the predicate attached to the
country, therefore in 2001 the Australian government issued a policy which called as
Pacific Solution. Base on that case then this research aims to determine whether the
implementation of the Pacific Solution are appropriate if it reviewed by the terms of
international law. This reseach use normative juridical type, juridical reseach means
research which focused to norm, included international agreements which have
relevence with the issue. This research also needs secondary data in form of legal
materials obtained from verbal or written opinion from the expertise or the authoritise
and other source which has relevance with the issue written. In fact Australia as the
country which has ratified Jenewa Convention 1951, in applicating the Pasific
Solution to control arrival rate of refugees and asylum seekers is not appropriate to
international law, especially which related to Jenewa Convention 1951, chapter 14 of
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations declaration on Territorial
Asylum and international custom.