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Implementation
On the day of the announcement, a massive riot started at the Nauru detention centre, in which 80% of the facility was destroyed at a cost of approximately $60 million. A Nauruan MP televised a call for strong men to assist the overwhelmed riot police, to which up to 1000 local Nauruan men responded, wielding machetes and steel piping. Of the 545 asylum seekers at the facility at the time, 127 were initially held at a nearby police station, which prompted the Nauruan government to pass new legislation which allowed police to hold people without charge for up to seven days. The newly-enacted PNG solution did not apply to any of the detainees at the time. Up to sixty asylum seekers were charged for their role in the riots.

On 23 July, an asylum seeker boat bound for Christmas Island sank off the coast of Java, killing 20 of its approximately 200 passengers.

something about rape claims on Manus Island

something about Burke's visit to Manus and Nauru (what did he say in response?)

PNG solution technically begins 30 july

--reception--

talk more about tony abbott's stupid operation sovereign borders

malcolm fraser saying the whole thing is bollocks