article_snippet.sent: Operation Sovereign Borders involves the Australian Navy intercepting boats filled with migrants at sea, and either turning them back or towing them back to where them came from.
article_snippet.sent: Migrant boats approaching Australian waters are turned back by the Navy or sometimes even towed back to where Migrant boats approaching Australian waters came from.
article_snippet.sent: Any vessels which manage to get close are taken under naval escort to the Pacific islands of Nauru or Papua New Guinea, where Any vessels which manage to get close are detained while migrants' asylum claims are processed.
article_snippet.sent: Those detained on Nauru are sent to Cambodia, which is paid to take Those detained on Nauru by Nauru.
article_snippet.sent: A similar arrangement exists with Papua New Guinea for Those detained on Nauru.
article_snippet.sent: Any migrants who actually make it to Australia by sea are automatically blocked from staying – even if Any migrants who actually make it to Australia by sea are found to be genuine refugees.
article_snippet.sent: However Nauru says Nauru has greatly reduced the number of illegal immigrants arriving on Australian shores.
highlights_snippet.sent: Said army should be deployed to prevent asylum seekers arriving on land .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Tony Abbott has ordered Australian military to turn back boats carrying migrants .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Controversial move has seen near-daily arrivals fall significantly, with no reported deaths at sea off the coast of Australia so far this year .