Description
Temporarily out of stock
Title: Offshore: Behind the Wire on Manus & Nauru
Author: GLEESON MADELINE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 02/05/2016
Imprint: NEW SOUTH WALES UNI PRESS
Price: $30.00
Publishing status: Active
A meticulously researched, bipartisan record of events that holds both the Labor and Liberal governments to account . Includes quotes from asylum seekers and workers on the islands about their experience . Essential and sobering reading for all Australians who say they were ignorant of the situation What has happened on Nauru and Manus since Australia began its most recent offshore processing regime in 2012? This essential book provides a comprehensive and uncompromising overview of the first three years of offshore processing since it recommenced in 2012. It explains why offshore processing was re-established, what life is like for asylum seekers and refugees on Manus and Nauru, what asylum seekers, refugees and staff in the offshore detention centres have to say about what goes on there, and why the truth has been so hard to find. In doing so, it goes behind the rumours and allegations to reveal what is known ‘ and what still is not known ‘ about Australia’s offshore detention centres
ISBN: 9781742234717
Dimension: 210mm X 135mm