Baxter detention centre to close : "Refugee Action Collective spokesman Ian Rintoul said he welcomed Baxter's closure, but of bigger concern was the building of a mega detention centre on Christmas Island."
Nobody will be sorry to see the back of Baxter, but while refugees are processed on Christmas Island they are out of sight and most likely out of mind. That way the issues which were so close to home are removed and the refugee issues become remote and removed. A canny ploy. Baxter was an incredible waste of money, though, and all that heartache and heartbreak.
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