Abstract
On 13 August 2012 the Australian government announced that asylum seekers who arrived by boat would no longer be processed in this country. Instead, they would be sent to one of two regional processing centres (RPCs), situated within the island nations of Nauru and Papua New Guinea (PNG). The government effectively rejuvenated the Howard-era 'Pacific Solution' - a policy that the then Minister for Immigration, Chris Evans, had previously described as 'cynical, costly and ultimately ineffective'. The RPC in PNG was based on Manus Island, and part of a small and remote province situated some 800 kilometres north of Port Moresby.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 30-34 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Precedent |
| Volume | 147 |
| Issue number | 34 |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |