Nauru: Why Australia is funding an empty detention centre

Polling seems to capture some shift in attitudes towards immigration. In 2017, when asked whether refugees in Nauru and PNG should be allowed to settle in Australia, 45% agreed while 48% said no, according to the Lowy Institute think tank. This year, its polling found 68% agreed that “openness to people from all over the world is essential to who we are as a nation”, a 15-point increase from 2018.