As we head to another election where refugee policy is deeply politicised, we should recall the words of Mohammed Sagar, the last refugee who remained on Nauru in 2007 under "Pacific Solution Mark 1". Speaking to the Daily Telegraph last year, Sagar described the bipartisan nature of the chaos affected Nauru: I remember when we were on Nauru, when there was an election we were hoping for a Labor party win because they would take over and change things. Labor said there were human rights issues and Australia needed to have sympathy for people in need – but this now just looks like political bullshit.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 19:35:11 +0000
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