The Holding Pen
A shocking look at life inside Australia's notorious offshore detention centres
"You don't get a better deal if you get on a boat", says Prime Minister Julia Gillard, explaining project No Advantage. Under her new deterrent, refugees smuggled across the ocean to Australia were to face remote offshore processing instead of resettlement. But in spite of the new measures costing Australia $1 million per refugee, the number of asylum seekers increased, calling the quality of the detention centres into question. So what are the conditions really like? "Totally inadequate", Shane Fenwick, a former Salvation Army worker says. Hidden cameras show the full extent of the situation. Evidence confirms what many refugee advocates and human rights officials have alleged: that the centres breach the human rights of those being held there.
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