Remember Reza Barati: shut Manus Island and Nauru detention centres
Protests around Australia against the attacks on asylum seekers on Manus island have been well attended, horrified and angry. However, we are far off breaking the “off-shore processing” policy, shared by the conservative Abbot government and the ALP. You might think that refugees being murdered and severely bashed by security guards would cause a rethink. However, in the Orwellian world of Australian politics around refugees, there is no end to the lows that can be plumbed. Asylum seekers have been “transferred” to makeshift detention centres on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea since 2013...