This very helpful article compared Labour, Liberal and the Greens asylum seeker policy, showing that not much is different between the two major parties.
Both major parties will have mandatory detention, offshore processing and a inflexibility with bridging visas. The Greens support increasing Australia's refugee quota, onshore processing and increase rights to refugees settling into Australia.
It seems like it is really a vote between Labour/Liberal hardline asylum stance vs Greens softer approach to refugees. After this, it seems like the main difference is the choice between our current set up and using extra money for the military (Liberal's policy) for maintaining border control and buying boats in Indonesia (to stop them coming here).
I guess the most disappointing part of this election issue is that there isn't much "thinking out of the box" with a possible solution to deterring asylum seekers to Australia via leaky Indonesian boats.
This sponsorship option is something I would of liked to have seen more. Or something like Sweden?
It is articles like this that remind me how inhumane the current refugee/asylum seeker process is in Australia. It is good it is a big election issue. Sadly, there doesn't seem to be any really good options by the major parties. It seems it may have to go to a Senate vote. The below graphic just shows how small a number we are talking about.
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