There's been endless international accusations this program is illegal and that human rights are being grossly violated. Hopefully there'll be a lovely debate about it in the ICC one day.
http://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/may/18/australias-indefi...
http://refugeeaction.org/information/how-australia-violates-...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-24/australias-immigration...