Australia immigration policy threatens to hijack election agenda


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  • Thursday, 26 May 2016

A group of around twenty protesters occupy Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's electoral office, demanding the end to the policy of offshore detention of asylum seekers in the Sydney suburb of Edgecliff, Australia, October 14, 2015. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo

(This May 25 story has been corrected to fix Young's title in fifth paragraph)

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's election agenda focusing on jobs and growth is at risk of being hijacked by the country's harsh immigration policy and controversial network of offshore detention camps for asylum seekers.

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