The Manus Island and Nauru offshore detention centres proved to be problematic for the Government of Australia. But there exists what has been described as an unlikely solution: a temporary safe haven processing facility in India, writes international academic and former DIBP Case Manager Richard Curzon. This article first appeared in Crikey on March 6, 2014 and was written as an essay titled The South Asia Solution prior to being published as The India Solution: Planning beyond the boats. Read more here at Crikey.