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This paper reviews Australia’s policy on removing unwanted asylum seekers and what Canberra can learn from recent asylum-centered reforms in the UK and Canada. The text’s authors ultimately argue that 1) the forcible removal of failed asylum seekers should be an option of last resort; 2) the timely processing and, if appropriate, removal of asylum seekers is a must; 3) immigration detention periods should be shortened; 4) Australia should strengthen international cooperation in this area, perhaps by forming readmission agreements with asylum seekers’ countries of origin; and most importantly, 5) the implementation of forced returns should account for the dangers of returning failed asylum seekers to unsafe countries.