Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

Australia is renowned as having one of the most generous resettlement programs in the world. However, unfortunately, given the history and the legacy that has been left by those on the other side, this country has not been able to settle the many tens of thousands of refugees that sit patiently in camps around the world, not for five, not for 10, not for 15 but sometimes for in excess of 20 years. Under the former government more than 14,500 of those people were denied a place in Australia because the former government gave in to the people smugglers. This is a government that by its policies will restore fairness and will restore justice to Australia's humanitarian program.