article_snippet.sent: In a column published in the UK's Sun newspaper just hours before The latest sinking, Katie Hopkins declared: "It's time to get Australian.
article_snippet.sent: Since then, Australia's Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, has also suggested that Europe adopt a tougher approach, saying, "The only way you can stop the deaths is to stop the people smuggling trade.
article_snippet.sent: That shift in policy under successive Labor and now the Liberal National governments in Australia has been chiefly designed as a deterrent: or, to use Tony Abbott's slogan, to "stop the boats".
article_snippet.sent: So has Tony Abbott's slogan worked?
article_snippet.sent: If your sole criteria for success is the number of boats arriving in Australia each year, then "no advantage" (meaning no asylum in Australia) and "stop the boats" (including the turning back of boats in international waters) has worked.
article_snippet.sent: In the short term, the "stop the boats" approach appears to be working for the Australian government.
article_snippet.sent: This is a message that both the European Union and Australia should heed.
highlights_snippet.sent: Australia has successfully stopped the flow of migrant boats to Australia waters .