Waiting for Life to Begin: the Plight of Asylum Seekers Caught by Australia's Indonesian Solution

This article reports the findings of a research project examining the impact on asylum seekers and refugees of Australia's border control cooperation with Indonesia. A key finding of the project was that the problem which overshadows all else in the lives of asylum seekers and refugees in Indonesia is the lack of a durable solution to their plight. After discussing the obstacles in the way of achieving durable solutions, the article makes some suggestions for the way forward.