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The Age - Jewel Topsfield August 25, 2007 http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/solution-branded-a-costly-flop/2007/08/24/1187462524633.html EVERY asylum seeker processed in offshore centres such as Nauru under the Federal Government’s controversial Pacific Solution has cost taxpayers more than half a million dollars, a report says. It says that since the Pacific Solution was introduced six years ago, the Government has spent billion ― more than 0,000 a person ― to process fewer than 1700 asylum seekers on Nauru, Christmas Island and Manus Island.