Why ‘vote them off the island’ should be left to reality TV, not refugee policy
, flown to Kigali and held in hotels – officially for “processing,” which could take years.
The idea was imported from Australia, where the practice first gained ground in 2001 when a freighter ship picked up a few hundredIt was never about anything other than votes and public image. As Canadians know from experience, in geographically isolated countries where most immigrants and refugees arrive at airports, there’s an irrational panic when even a few people show up in boats or on foot. But if they never land, they never have rights.
The result was a humanitarian catastrophe, with families held in prison-camp conditions for years. As Nick Martin, a doctor stationed in Nauru with the Australian Navy,: “All you can try to do is stop people from killing themselves … you can try and give them hope but what are you giving them hope for?”
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