Immigration minister says Middle East turmoil will ‘be with us for many years’ and he will ‘assess in due course’ what more Australia can doThe immigration minister,Peter Dutton, has indicated that Australia will consider doing more to help refugees fleeing the war-torn Middle East as senior members of the federal government hosted a community forum in Canberra on the resettlement of Syrian refugees.
On Tuesday the government announced Australia would occupy 12000 additional Syrian and Iraqi refugees on top of the existing overall humanitarian quota of 13750.
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Source: theguardian.com