Contents: NO ADVANTAGE (2012--2013) -- 1.The Pacific solution revisited -- 2.Nauru -- 3.Manus -- 4.A new year, new problems -- 5.Why me? -- 6.On the brink of collapse -- 7.The Nauru riot -- NO RESETTLEMENT (2013--2014) -- 8.Rudd and the regional resettlement arrangement -- 9.Tinderbox -- 10.Unaccompanied children -- 11.Trouble brewing -- 12.The Manus riot -- 13.Aftermath -- NO IMPROVEMENT (2014--2015) -- 14.No place for a child -- 15.Chauka -- 16.Free, but not safe -- 17.Allegations and abuse -- 18.Another year ends -- 19.Not settled on Nauru -- 20.Cambodia -- NO END IN SIGHT (2015--) -- 21.Secrets revealed -- 22.How did it come to this? -- 23.Not settled on Manus -- 24.How young is too young? -- 25.Australian Border Force -- 26.Three years on.

What has happened on Nauru and Manus since Australia began its most recent offshore processing regime in 2012? This essential book provides a comprehensive and uncompromising overview of the first three years of offshore processing since it recommenced in 2012. It explains why offshore processing was re-established, what life is like for asylum seekers and refugees on Nauru and Manus, what asylum seekers, refugees and staff in the offshore detention centres have to say about what goes on there, and why the truth has been so hard to find. In doing so, it goes behind the rumours and allegations to reveal what is known - and what still is not known - about Australia's offshore detention centres.

Winner 2017 Victorian Premier's Award for Non-Fiction.