Australian refugee advocate calls for government policy rethink

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Updated October 28, 2009 14:31:35

A Melbourne lawyer and refugee advocate recently visited 11 different locations where asylum seekers from Asia, are housed in Indonesia. She says the conditions ranged from comfortable to appalling, and she wants the Australian government to rethink its asylum seeker arrangements with Jakarta.

Presenter:Steve Cannane
Speaker: Jessie Taylor, lawyer and refugee advocate

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