‘We can’t be misty-eyed over boat people’

SYDNEY: Australia cannot be “misty-eyed” about boat people, the country’s prime minister said yesterday, the day after his immigration policy was thrown into disarray when Papua New Guinea ordered an offshore processing camp to close.

Malcolm Turnbull, who likely faces an election in coming weeks, said allowing even genuine refugees who arrived by boat to settle in Australia would encourage more people to make the risky journey.