NARRATOR
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS ITS POLICY OF MANDATORY DETENTION WHICH CAN LAST FOR MONTHS OR YEARS HELPS TO DISCOURAGE POTENTIAL REFUGEES FROM MAKING THE DANGEROUS AND OFTEN DEADLY JOURNEY FROM ASIA BY BOAT.
THEY SAY THAT IF THEY LET PEOPLE LIVE OUTSIDE DETENTION CENTRES WHILE THEIR CLAIMS ARE PROCESSED, AS IN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES, REFUGEES COULD SIMPLY DISAPPEAR AND LIVE ILLEGALLY, BUT LIFE INSIDE A DETENTION CENTRE CAN BE TOUGH.
Carl O'Connor
Unfortunately, in Darwin