Australia's migrant policy offers lessons for EU and US

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Australia's long-running offshore asylum processing system is being considered as a model by the European Union and the United States as they explore third-country migration arrangements. Australia's experience also illustrates potential drawbacks of offshore processing as a deterrence policy.

Australia has used offshore processing centers to deter asylum seekers for more than two decades. As the EU and US pursue similar third-country arrangements, Australia's experience highlights the potential problems.