The immigration minister says the policy is safe and lawful’ and dismisses ‘often indistinct and untested’ claims by criticsImmigration minister Peter Dutton has hit back at a fresh York Times critique of Australia’s “inhumane” boats policy by calling the government’s actions lawful and effective.
As Europe’s worst refugee crisis since 1945 brought the issue into global focus,Dutton launched a detailed rebuttal of the influential American newspaper’s blistering assessment of the Coalition’s “stop the boats” policy, saying that it “saved lives”.
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Source: theguardian.com