Late Night Live - Separate Stories Podcast

Everywhere in the world that boatloads of asylum seekers land, or where they are detained, there are local people who will inevitably be affected by what they see, and possibly by ongoing involvements. But we don’t hear much about those people. They are the host communities, effectively, even though they usually didn't choose to be.  This story looks at Christmas Island, with reference also to the Italian island of Lampedusa.