A missing $80 million to keep asylum seekers in limbo

After asylum seekers arrived by boat in Western Australia last week and were sent to Nauru, old debates about offshore immigration detention have been reanimated. 

It comes as the government has admitted they aren’t able to account for $80 million paid to Papua New Guinea for the welfare and support of people formerly held in offshore detention.

So, how did millions of taxpayer dollars disappear? And what does it mean for the asylum seekers who have nowhere else to go? 

Today, chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper Karen Middleton, on Australia’s management of offshore detention. 

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Guest: Chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Karen Middleton

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