SYDNEY: Australia’s immigration minister strongly defended his government’s policy of detaining asylum-seeker children in camps, saying it was “effective” in deterring others from boarding boats destined for its shores.
Scott Morrison, who was fronting an Australian Human Rights Commission inquiry into children in detention, said Canberra’s tough immigration policies were helping prevent asylum-seekers from dying during the perilous boat journey from Asia.
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