'Solution' branded a costly flop
Jewel Topsfield
August 25, 2007
EVERY asylum seeker processed in offshore centres such as Nauru under the Federal Government's controversial Pacific Solution has cost taxpayers more than half a million dollars, a report says.
The report, by aid organisation Oxfam Australia and refugee advocacy group A Just Australia, says the "flawed system" fuelled mental illness in refugees, failed to uphold Australia's commitment under international law and squandered taxpayers' money.
It says that since the Pacific Solution was introduced six years ago, the Government has spent $1 billion — more than $500,000 a person — to process fewer than 1700 asylum seekers on Nauru, Christmas Island and Manus Island.
To read the full article from The Age, click on:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/solution-branded-a-costly-flop/2007/08/24/1187462524633.html
August 25, 2007
EVERY asylum seeker processed in offshore centres such as Nauru under the Federal Government's controversial Pacific Solution has cost taxpayers more than half a million dollars, a report says.
The report, by aid organisation Oxfam Australia and refugee advocacy group A Just Australia, says the "flawed system" fuelled mental illness in refugees, failed to uphold Australia's commitment under international law and squandered taxpayers' money.
It says that since the Pacific Solution was introduced six years ago, the Government has spent $1 billion — more than $500,000 a person — to process fewer than 1700 asylum seekers on Nauru, Christmas Island and Manus Island.
To read the full article from The Age, click on:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/solution-branded-a-costly-flop/2007/08/24/1187462524633.html
posted by Pax Christi @ Saturday, August 25, 2007
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