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No permanent settlement for Afghans who did not come ‘the right way’: Morrison
Scott Morrison has said Afghans in Australia on temporary protection visas who came by boat will not be given permanent residence.
These people had not come “the right way”, Morrison told a news conference on Wednesday.
- Michelle Grattan
- The Conversation
“I want to be very clear about that. I want to send a very clear message to people smugglers in the region that nothing’s changed.
“I will not give you a product to sell and take advantage of people’s misery. My government won’t do it. We never have and we never will.”
Government sources say there are more than 4500 Afghans in Australia on temporary protection visas, almost all of whom arrived by boat…