Pacific Solution
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The Pacific Solution is the name given to the government of Australia's policy of transporting asylum seekers to detention centres on island nations in the Pacific Ocean, rather than allowing them to
Protesters outside ALP caucus meeting in July 2013
Howard John BANNER
The Australian government has a policy and practice of detaining in immigration detention facilities non-citizens not holding a valid visa, suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorised
Fencing surrounding the detention centre on Christmas Island
Protesters on the roof of the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Sydney, 2011
Chris Bowen, Minister for Immigration in the Gillard government oversaw a restoration of offshore processing of asylum seekers following the closure of the system by the Rudd government.