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Tamils don't 'deserve' protection, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says

A Tamil family at the heart of a long battle against deportation must accept that they do not qualify for Australia's protection, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says.

Peter Dutton

Home affairs Minister Peter Dutton Source: AAP

A Tamil family at the heart of a dramatic bid to avoid deportation must accept they are not refugees and don't deserve Australia's protection, according to Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton.

And it's time for Priya and her husband Nadesalingam, who came separately to Australia by boat to escape Sri Lanka's civil war, to go back, he added.

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Published 30 August 2019 10:36am
Updated 30 August 2019 10:40am
By Abdallah Kamal


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