Minister happy with progress at detention centres | Pacific Beat

Detention centres are being reactivated in both countries, designed to send a message to potential asylum seekers that getting on a boat is no guarantee they will end up in Australia.

To check progress and confer with the host governments, Australia's immigration minister Chris Bowen has just visited Nauru and is now in Papua New Guinea.

Presenter: Jim Middleton

Speaker: Chris Bowen, Australia's Immigration Minister