Whither the Pacific Solution: Rudd’s Hard-line Approach to Asylum Seekers

In this article for CSIS' cogitAsia, Jack Georgieff argues that the recent policy put forth by the Rudd government to never resettle boat arrivals in Australia is flawed at best. Likewise, the opposition's alternative also presents chanllegnes to being fully implemented, should they win office at the coming election.

8 August 20130 min read

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Jack Georgieff

Jack Georgieff is an international security analyst, currently based in Wellington, New Zealand.

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