Compassion can undo efforts against people-smugglers: Dutton

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says Australia is facing a "danger phase" and any compassion for refugees in offshore detention will see more get on boats.

Peter Dutton

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Peter Dutton. Source: AAP

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says Australians must guard against compassion towards refugees as it could undo the government's hard-fought success in discouraging people smugglers.

The boats are still coming and if the government were to relax its tough stance, such as by transferring refugees held on Manus and Nauru to the mainland, it would see the people-smuggling business restart, he told The Weekend Australian.

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Published 23 June 2018 1:54pm
Updated 23 June 2018 2:23pm
By May Rizk

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