Ruth Halbert

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For the 124th man on Manus Island

Dear Prime Minister,

The entire premise of offshore detention is built on lies. Now we find out that Australia has been commissioning and using a fleet of fake fishing boats to put asylum seekers in and turn them back to Indonesia. Indonesia cannot take refugees and UNHCR on Indonesia cannot resettle even a fraction of the asylum seekers who have only 1 month there before they are put in jail. You have failed to find any solution. Australia must accept its responsibility for the people who ask for asylum. Refugees who are welcomed and supported would become some of our greatest citizens. Stop denying them and Australia a future