As a deterrent it is working and folks like yourself can be pleased so few have to go through the Nazi style hell that is so often referred to on here.
Maybe there was an expectation that the boat peoples lives was so genuinely bad that they would still keep coming regardless of the hurdles created?
"But even better is that for much of the time there are more staff there than internees so we are paying a huge wages bill for effectively little or no work from the employees."
