Australia\u2019s asylum processing centres on the islands of Manus and Nauru have been widely condemned for systemic abuses, and human rights violations<\/p>
Eight years and the equivalent of \u00a35bn. Twelve deaths and thousands of lives damaged, disrupted, and left in limbo. Australia\u2019s \u201coffshore processing\u201d regime for asylum seekers achieved little and resolved less, a refugee held at the heart of the system for seven years has said.<\/p>
\u201cAustralia has created a tragedy,\u201d journalist and author Behrouz Boochani, an Iranian Kurdish refugee detained on Manus Island, told the Guardian. \u201cI don\u2019t think the people of the UK want their government to create the same tragedy in their name.\u201d<\/p>
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