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by stonith 2450 days ago
Australia has one on Nauru despite repeated condemnation from various international bodies.
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Referring to Australia's offshore immigration detention facilities as "concentration camps" in this context is incredibly misleading. There is absolutely no fair comparison to be made between Australia's detention of illegal immigrants in these facilities and China's human rights abuses. Regardless of your views on the human rights implications of Australia's mandatory detention policies, labelling them as such is dishonest.
Nauru isn't anywhere close to that. According to a close friend who visited, it's not really that bad of a place. I think that there has been a lot of political play around it to drum it up as worse than it is.
Interesting perspective. Do you also have a close friend who visited Chinese concentration camps for comparison? Why do you think one is drummed up by political play while the other is not?
At least we can view the detention centers on AU without a satellite....that says more than enough