Human Rights, Immigration, refugees, Politics
Migration experts say it is unlikely closing camps on Manus and Nauru islands would re-start boats. We are beyond that point.
Aug 16, 2016See link below – article by Ben Doherty in The Guardian, 16 August 2016. It includes an interview with me, Peter Hughes and others, on the need to act quickly to process in Australia, the detainees presently held in Manus and Nauru.
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