The Pacific Solution

In The Pacific Solution, Susan Metcalfe asks how we can justify a policy that detained a total of 1,637 people seeking asylum in offshore camps in Papua New Guinea and Nauru, causing undeniable damage and trauma. She brings together accounts of her own visits to Nauru, extensive interviews conducted with refugees and advocates, media reports, long-distance correspondence and new research.

By engaging with the stories of people who have survived the experience and who are now our neighbours, workmates and friends, she encourages us to go beyond the labels of ‘illegals’ and ‘queue jumpers’.

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