Published: September 18, 2018
Australian prime minister who was instrumental in designing harsh border protection policies displays a block of metal in the shape of an Asian fishing boat
It stands on an a desk in the prime minister’s office. A laser-cut block of metal in the shape of an Asian fishing boat, sitting on a gently curving wave, with the thick black lettering: “I stopped these”.
When the New York Times interviewed Australia’s new prime minister, Scott Morrison, the article contained a previously unknown detail: “His office features a model migrant boat bearing the proud declaration ‘I Stopped These’.”
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