Lives in limbo: more than 1,500 asylum seekers still face uncertain future

Australia declared in 2013 that people who arrive by boat would never settle here. Seven years later, thousands are still waiting to have their asylum claims heardSeven years of Australia’s offshore detention program – a timeline‘Reza is bleeding, his head was all blood’: some memories will never go awayFunded by ‘extraordinary’ ordinary Australians: the people who supported this seriesFor more than seven years, Australia’s policy has been clear: if you seek asylum by boat you will never be settled here. You will be sent offshore and have your asylum claims heard there.Between the declaration of that policy by prime minister Kevin Rudd on 19 July 2013 and the last transfer offshore in December 2014, Australia sent 3,127 people seeking protection as refugees to Nauru and Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/10/lives-in-limbo-more-than-1500-asylum-seekers-still-face-uncertain-future #australian_immigration_and_asylum #australia_news #refugees #coalition #peter_dutton #amnesty_international #nauru #manus_island #asia_pacific #australian_politics #migration