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Pacific Solution Budget Blackhole Revelations that the so called 'Pacific solution' for asylum seekers is estimated to cost at least $400-$500M underscores how misguided the Government and Opposition approach on asylum seekers has been, Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown said today. "This is $500M the Government has effectively taken out of education and health to prop up an inhumane and unworkable approach to the asylum seekers," Senator Brown said. "This is a covert budget black hole. It should be fixed by ending the Pacific solution now. Asylum seekers should be brought to mainland Australia and processed as quickly as possible here. "The Pacific solution is no solution at all. It will not last and the Government knows it. It was a short term election fix for which all Australians are now paying a huge financial as well as humanitarian cost," Senator Brown said. Further information: Ben Oquist 02 62773170 or 0419 704095 Ben Oquist Greens Senator Bob Brown 02 62773170 ph 02 62773185 fx ---------------------------------------- You can receive Greens media releases by e-mail. Go to http://www.greens.org.au and sign up to the 'Greens-Media' opt in e-mail list. . -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
