Quarterly Essay #53: That Sinking Feeling: Asylum Seekers and the Search for the Indonesian Solution

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Paul Toohey

Quarterly Essay #53

That Sinking Feeling: Asylum Seekers and the Search for the Indonesian Solution

Paul Toohey

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English

Black Inc
14 March 2014

Refugees & political asylum; Central government policies; Australian Society

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In Quarterly Essay 53, Paul Toohey looks at one of Tony Abbott's signature promises: to stop the boats. Has his government succeeded? If so, at what cost? In Java, Toohey observes asylum seekers heading for Australia and reports on the Indonesian response. He tells the stories of individual refugees, looks closely at people-smugglers in action, and witnesses the aftermath of a sinking at sea. Toohey also examines Australian attitudes to refugees, and what politicians have made of them. He assesses the use of secrecy and the term 'illegals.' Tracing the path that led to the PNG Solution, he considers whether there are realistic alternatives to the brutally effective system we now have. This is an unflinching look at people at their worst and best – and most ruthless and most vulnerable – by one of Australia's finest reporters.

Quarterly Essay #53: That Sinking Feeling - Asylum Seekers and the Search for the Indonesian Solution by Paul Toohey at Abbey's Bookshop 131 York Street, Sydney

By: Paul Toohey
Imprint: Black Inc
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 167mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 194g
ISBN: 9781863956468
ISBN 10: 1863956468
Publication Date: 14 March 2014
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active