Overboard: You Would Not Believe What Really Triggered Australia’s Controversial Policy on Boat People by Ghassan Nakhoul

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Secondhand. Very good condition. Ex library copy with external stickers and protective plastic covering. Date due slip on inside page. Minimal edgewear with interior and binding near fine.

In July 2001, people smuggler Keis Abd Al Rahim Asfoor challenged the Australian Government, in a radio interview with the author, to turn around the only one boat to stop asylum seekers coming to Australia.

A month later, the Howard government did just that. The Norwegian vessel, Tampa, which had saved hundreds of people from a sinking boat, was denied access to Australian ports. Was Tampa after all an Australian Trojan Horse that allowed the Government to settle its old score with people smugglers?

This book explores one of Australia's most contentious decades of refugee policy, shedding light on the human face and hidden aspects of the making of the Pacific Solution. (back cover)