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

As the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection said today, whether you came here illegally three weeks ago or three months ago, you will not receive a permanent visa under this government. And in relation to those who have come post-19 July, again, the resolve of this government is very clear: you will be processed offshore, you will be sent to Nauru, you will be sent to Manus Island, you will settle there unless you choose to return home, but—unlike with the former government, who quite happily worked with the people smugglers to assist them in plying their evil trade—you will not come to Australia. We have implemented Operation Sovereign Borders and we know that, unlike those others, these policies will work.