how many asylum seekers are there in indonesia? a few thousand?
bringing them here would 1. stop the people traffic business 2 stop the leaky boats 3. enable closure of the offshore facilities saving millions 4. reduce border protection activity saving millions 5. improve relations with Indonesia 6. reduce the terrorist threat 7. speed up the assessment process saving millions 8. allow concentration on the real problem - those who come by air, with documents (mostly forged) and then disappear (which many on the right seem to think is the right way to do it)
much better method than anything the two major parties have wasted money on
