Experts recommend Australia deport asylum seekers
CANBERRA, Australia, Aug 13 (AP/UNB) - A report to Australia's Parliament has recommended that asylum seekers who attempt to reach the country by boat be deported to detention centers in Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
The expert panel's report aims to curb the flow of future arrivals. It combines policy solutions proposed by the major political parties who remain bitterly divided on the issue.
Human rights group Amnesty International described the report's recommendations as a major setback for Australian refugee policy.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard commissioned the report six weeks ago after two people-smuggling boats capsized between Indonesia and Australia within a week and more than 90 asylum seekers were believed drowned.
She has yet to respond to Monday's report.
The expert panel's report aims to curb the flow of future arrivals. It combines policy solutions proposed by the major political parties who remain bitterly divided on the issue.
Human rights group Amnesty International described the report's recommendations as a major setback for Australian refugee policy.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard commissioned the report six weeks ago after two people-smuggling boats capsized between Indonesia and Australia within a week and more than 90 asylum seekers were believed drowned.
She has yet to respond to Monday's report.
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