“You are worse than I am.” That’s what former US president Donald Trump told Malcolm Turnbull in 2017 when the former PM explained Australia’s policy of never allowing boat refugees to settle in the country, writes Osman Faruqi | OPINION
to countries outside the EU while their claims were assessed, a process also pioneered by Australia.
During debate over the bill, Australia’s high commissioner to Britain, former attorney-general George Brandis, was asked to provide evidence about how effective our asylum seeker regime had been. In, Brandis said that boat turn backs were introduced to save lives and prevent asylum seekers perishing on the dangerous journey to Australia.
But this is more than just policy ambition. In April this year the Nationality and Borders Bill became law, and in a number of key areas the UK’s approach to refugees became almost identical to Australia’s.
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