The term Pacific Solution (German: "“Pacific solution"”; also in the sense of "“quiet solution"”) by the Australian government was introduced. It becomes with "„detention camps "“(to German: Residence camp) in connection set. These camps are on small island states in the Pacific ocean. The camps serve the purpose asylum-seeker to supply there instead of it on the Australian mainland to bring.

These camps for receiving refugees were established to Guinea again on the Manus islands, Papua and in the island state Nauru. Australia bears the cost of these camps.

Australia caught a quantity of criticism for the establishment of these camps of several Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NROs). It was criticized that Australia thereby does not adhere to international obligations. In addition it was criticized that asylum-seekers were already accommodated before the completion of the camps on the Manus islands.

By March 2004 on Nauru 1,229 requests for asylum were worked on. 276 asylum-seekers were allowed to remain.

Meanwhile also different nations consider likewise establishing such camps. In the European union for example considered, such is called "„asylum seeker processings of centres ", in Germany "„camps for receiving refugees "“to establish in North Africa.

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