Solution, or racism? Australia approves offshore Pacific asylum camps

[microrobert]

Solution, or racism? Australia approves offshore Pacific asylum camps

The Australian govt approved a bill to transfer asylum-seekers to offshore processing centers in a bid to curtail undocumented immigration. Critics branded the bill as racist, and a grave violation of the country’s human rights obligations.

The measures are geared to curbing human trafficking and promote legal immigration, the government said. According to the new bill, asylum-seekers caught making the perilous journey to Australia by boat will be intercepted and taken to the Pacific island camps for processing.

http://www.rt.com/news/australia-app...ng-asylum-719/

[Sokol]

This is a good decision, and has been a long time coming. Howard's Pacific Solution should never have been tampered with.