Comment - Manus Island Election Communication$ Plan

In the past 10 years, 964 asylum seekers have died at sea while trying to reach Australia by boat, according to a recent Australian Crime Commission report.

With this in mind, the only advantage I could see for asylum seekers from Rudd’s Manus Island Plan, is that it is so unattractive, it would actually deter them from making that dangerous journey.

Yet in the two and half weeks since Rudd’s announcement, 1765 asylum seekers have arrived in Australia by boat.