PM is the people-smugglers' best friend KEVIN Rudd doesn't agree with most of the country that his decision to abolish John Howard's strong border protection regime has resulted in more than 45,000 people coming illegally to our shores. Rudd will never accept responsibility for the chaos, cost and tragedy that resulted from his decision to abolish temporary protection visas and the Pacific Solution and breaking his promise, made just four days before the 2007 election, that he would turn boats back.