Julie Bishop has faced accusations that Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers is “inhumane” and “uncivilised” during a hostile BBC interview in London. The foreign minister is in Britain for the annual meeting with her counterpart, William Hague, and the defence ministers of both countries. On Tuesday morning UK time, BBC Radio 4’s John Humphrys questioned her about Canberra’s “inhumane” detention centres on Nauru and in Papua New Guinea (interview starts at 1:14.20). The presenter noted the centres had been described as having the look and feel of concentration camps and suggested Australia was “effectively operating a sort of Guantanamo Bay ... only in some ways even worse”. Bishop defended Australia’s policy, saying the federal government had taken a “tough line” to deter people from making the journey by sea with consequent drownings.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 04:20:04 +0000
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