• steeznson@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    To be fair it was Australia that pioneered this particular idea. Then Israel copied them. I think we’re the third country to try a scheme like this.

    • Flax
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      6 months ago

      Worked for Australia tbf

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        6 months ago

        Yeah, their scheme was/is harsher than the Rwanda one, too. I think there are still people being held somewhere in Papa New Guniea who arrived by boat in Australia over a decade ago.

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      6 months ago

      I mean you could argue we (Brits) did it first by shipping people off to Australia as a deterrent.