Australian expert panel recommends opening offshore processing centers for asylum seekers . Gillard government has given its in-principle backing to the report . 22 recommendations include processing asylum seekers on Nauru , PNG . Refugee advocates reacted with outrage to the report , calling it a `` rebadging of the Pacific Solution , '' a reference to the former Liberal government 's controversial policy of the last decade . and Manus Island in Australia instead of sending them back to Indonesia.
Australian expert panel recommends opening offshore processing centers for asylum seekers . Gillard government has given its in-principle backing to the report . 22 recommendations include processing asylum seekers on Nauru , PNG . and Manus Island in Australia instead of sending them back to Indonesia.