Australian Court Upholds Offshore Detention Policy (Catherine Putz, The Diplomat)

Last week, the Australian High Court decided that the country’s controversial offshore detention policy was legal.

Under the policy, illegal immigrants arriving via boat are detained and sent to processing centers on the island of Nauru and also in Papua New Guinea. Those judged to be legitimate asylum seekers are resettled on Nauru or Papua New Guinea (not Australia), per Australian agreements with those nations.

http://thediplomat.com/2016/02/australian-court-upholds-offshore-detention-policy/