How should Australia deal with asylum seekers? Asylum seekers are at the centre of another political fight after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced his recent asylum seeker policy. In response, Opposition leader Tony Abbott has proposed a military-led refugee plan, known as Operation Sovereign Borders. Under the government's new policy, all asylum seekers who come to Australia by boat will be sent to Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island for processing and resettlement. No one will end up here. The decision has left everyone asking: how should Australia deal with asylum seekers? And with the federal election looming, the discussion is even more important than ever. Six prominent Australians – Angry Anderson, Peter Reith, Catherine Deveny, Imogen Bailey, Michael Smith and Allan Asher – risk their lives to experience the reality of refugee life, as they embark on an extraordinary and confronting three week journey.