Asylum seekers – is there a better way?

By Michael Gordon
Updated January 30 2016 - 1:23am, first published 1:05am
Noor Bashar carries the body of his one-year-old nephew, Mohamad Noor, for burial at a camp for Rohingya in Sittwe, Myanmar, in June 2015.  Photo: New York Times
Noor Bashar carries the body of his one-year-old nephew, Mohamad Noor, for burial at a camp for Rohingya in Sittwe, Myanmar, in June 2015. Photo: New York Times
A Rohingya man bathes his child at the Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Teknaaf, Bangladesh. Photo: New York Times
A Rohingya man bathes his child at the Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Teknaaf, Bangladesh. Photo: New York Times
Protesters at a rally calling for the closure of the Manus and Nauru detention centres. Photo: Anadolu Agency
Protesters at a rally calling for the closure of the Manus and Nauru detention centres. Photo: Anadolu Agency

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