Aussie plan to deport refugees

Australia plans to deport would-be asylum seekers to detention camps in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.

Aussie plan to deport refugees

It is a change of policy for the ruling Labour party, in the face of over 7,000 asylum seekers reaching the Australian Indian Ocean territory of Christmas Island in more than 100 often rickety boats so far this year.

It previously argued against the concept of Australian-funded detention camps in other nations as a waste of money that would fail to deter new arrivals.

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