The Conservative Howard government did it ten years ago, now the Labour Gillard government is doing it; turning around asylum seekers boats bound for Australia.

OVERBOARD makes many revelations, exposing the real stories behind the headlines. It traces the idea of turning around asylum seekers boats to a people smuggler who challenged the Australian government to block the sea. The book uncovers new mysteries about SIEV X, including claims by three survivors that a plane flew overhead before their boat sank and afterwards.

Written by Walkley Award-winning journalist Ghassan Nakhoul, OVERBOARD defies the stereotype to reclaim the human soul of the asylum seekers and the social conscience of the Australian community. The book shows who the boat people are, what sort of experiences they’ve gone through and how devastating the detention is on children.

Ten years since the introduction of the controversial ‘Pacific Solution’, Australia is back to square one. What have we learned?

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