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Asylum seekers registered with UNHCR in Indonesia after June no longer eligible for resettlement in Australia, Scott Morrison says. Also, fewer places (450, down from 600) will be made available for the ten thousand asylum seekers and refugees currently in Indonesia, making the wait for resettlement here much longer. Exactly how this will keep desperate people off boats is not clear to me.

The aim of the policy change is purportedly to stop asylum seekers entering Indonesia rather than remaining in other countries which also do not accept asylum seekers. The head of the Refugee Council of Australia explained that "...the Government clearly did not understand what drove asylum seekers to go to Indonesia in the first place. 'Indonesia is less likely to implement some of the harshest policies against refugees that some other countries in the region implement... Now we're saying, first to Indonesia, and who knows what country will be next, we're not prepared to offer people resettlement through an organised process.'"

Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said: "This is the exact opposite of what the government should be doing. We should be working with our neighbours, accelerating refugee processing and increasing Australia’s intake from the region so that people are given a safe way to reach protection. That’s the only way we can save lives at sea while caring for refugees."

Sunday explainer: Refugees and the great legal run-around is a useful summary of the facts and figures.

Refugees set sail for detention centres gives a detailed overview of the situation for refugees in Indonesia. See also ‘Pretty bleak’: Australia’s closed door puts pressure on Indonesia’s own refugee policies.

Date: 2014-12-04 08:09 am (UTC)
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"..That’s the only way we can save lives at sea while caring for refugees."

Yes. And it's nice that someone in government still believes that that is what the current regime is actually interested in. Or pretends to believe it at least.

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