Also, once you can "stop the boats" by deporting people to a country that is potentially as bad as the one they left or shoving them on an island you can use the whole thing as a political football to beat the other side with.
Either getting it for allowing the cruelty (we wouldn't do that sort of thing if we were in power) or not being cruel enough (how dare you release those permanently locked up prisoners due to a supreme court ruling).
Prudent observers will note there are no more people offshore at Nauru or Christmas Island. The cost to the taxpayer of all of this was astronomical with very questionable benefits.
The only people that benefited were the fat cats running the private contracting companies that ran the camps.
Also, once you can "stop the boats" by deporting people to a country that is potentially as bad as the one they left or shoving them on an island you can use the whole thing as a political football to beat the other side with.
Either getting it for allowing the cruelty (we wouldn't do that sort of thing if we were in power) or not being cruel enough (how dare you release those permanently locked up prisoners due to a supreme court ruling).