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| The government has fulfilled its pledge “in spirit and in deed” to get all asylum seeker children out of immigration detention despite at least two children still being held, according to Peter Dutton. | The government has fulfilled its pledge “in spirit and in deed” to get all asylum seeker children out of immigration detention despite at least two children still being held, according to Peter Dutton. |
| The immigration minister acknowledged there were still two cases in which asylum seeker children remained in detention but he said they had not arrived by boat so were not subject to his promise. | The immigration minister acknowledged there were still two cases in which asylum seeker children remained in detention but he said they had not arrived by boat so were not subject to his promise. |
| “Our pledge to get kids out of detention who arrive by boat has been met and honoured in spirit and deed,” he told Sky News on Thursday night. | “Our pledge to get kids out of detention who arrive by boat has been met and honoured in spirit and deed,” he told Sky News on Thursday night. |
| Earlier on Thursday he told 2GB Radio: “All the discussion has been around kids in detention from Nauru, people coming off boats. Children who came off boats are now out of detention.” | Earlier on Thursday he told 2GB Radio: “All the discussion has been around kids in detention from Nauru, people coming off boats. Children who came off boats are now out of detention.” |
| People who overstayed their visas or arrived in Australia by plane would still be placed in immigration detention before being deported, he said. “You’ll have people cycling – including some kids – that will cycle through detention until they can be departed otherwise you’d never find them out in the community.” | People who overstayed their visas or arrived in Australia by plane would still be placed in immigration detention before being deported, he said. “You’ll have people cycling – including some kids – that will cycle through detention until they can be departed otherwise you’d never find them out in the community.” |
| Dutton’s office on Wednesday confirmed the two children were on a “removal pathway in immigration detention”. It came days after the immigration minister announced there were no more asylum seeker children in detention. | Dutton’s office on Wednesday confirmed the two children were on a “removal pathway in immigration detention”. It came days after the immigration minister announced there were no more asylum seeker children in detention. |
| But Guardian Australia was told the announcement was a result of reclassifying some sections of Sydney’s Villawood detention centre so that they were deemed “community detention”. | But Guardian Australia was told the announcement was a result of reclassifying some sections of Sydney’s Villawood detention centre so that they were deemed “community detention”. |
| Dutton backed his government’s border protection policies, saying only the Coalition had managed to stop the flow of asylum boats and avoid deaths at sea. | Dutton backed his government’s border protection policies, saying only the Coalition had managed to stop the flow of asylum boats and avoid deaths at sea. |
| He said the opposition leader, Bill Shorten, did not “have the capacity to keep this policy in place”, but backed the Malcolm Turnbull’s commitment to border protection. | He said the opposition leader, Bill Shorten, did not “have the capacity to keep this policy in place”, but backed the Malcolm Turnbull’s commitment to border protection. |
| “He has had the same resolve as Scott [Morrison], Tony [Abbott] and I have had in relation to stopping the boats, and therefore the real contrast comes down to, what would Mr Shorten do,” Dutton asked. | “He has had the same resolve as Scott [Morrison], Tony [Abbott] and I have had in relation to stopping the boats, and therefore the real contrast comes down to, what would Mr Shorten do,” Dutton asked. |