As federal Labor rejects claims by the government that it wants to end the offshore processing of asylum seekers, two independent MPs have laid out a plan for doing just that.
Andrew Wilkie, backed by Kerryn Phelps, has introduced legislation to parliament that would set up a network of centres - located in and run by countries in the Asia-Pacific - where asylum seekers can go to be registered and have their immediate humanitarian needs met.
"We have a regional processing solution that does away with mandatory detention, does away with offshore processing," Mr Wilkie told parliament on Monday.
