Didn t? ~ ~ , ., ., didn t? well, the australian context is didn t? well, the australian context is very didn t? well, the australian context is very different - didn t? well, the australian l context is very different from that facing the uk, and i think that facing the uk, and i think thatis that facing the uk, and i think that is a very important point to remember. whereas i understand the uk is concerned primarily with boats coming across the channel from france, we were dealing in many cases from people fleeing directly from people fleeing directly from their country of origin, that being sri lanka, so people leaving the place directly they were claiming persecution, and being turned away directly, and also from indonesia. so in terms of geographically and wear these interceptions were taking place it is a very different context from the uk. what we saw in australia when offshore processing failed to achieve the desired results, instead the australian government pivoted to a d
Of people trying to reach australia by boat, but carries with it obvious concerns. indeed, madeline. you point out that the strategy failed, but specifically, the aim of ensuring that not more refugees would come to australia s shores, was there any improvement in those figures? in fact, the situation went backwards. in the first year of offshore processing, more than 24,000 people arrived in australia by boat. to put that number in context in the previous year, the number of people arriving by boat in australia was in the hundreds or at its peak. perhaps five or 6000. that lead to 24,000 or more. that s not because offshore processing was pulling people in. it failed to appreciate the reasons why more people are getting on both at the time. it wasn t well
There were scores of other people injured as well. this has been what the special reporter has pointed to, talking about the lack of human rights the physical violence allegations of rape the death of the iranian. now you ve heard from australia s prime minister tony abbott. he rejects this. he says the policy of the government has been to stop the boats coming in the first place. at its peak there were tens of thousands of people trying to reach australia by boat. and over 1,000 died at sea tragically. the government says it has brought that to an end, it has stopped the flow of boats. it is stopping the deaths of people at sea. the u.s. special reporter on torture says this is not what he s talking about. he s not talking about immigration policy. he s talking about treatment of people inside these detention centers. and this is just the latest of a long line of reports that have