More than 3,300 asylum seekers aboard 33 boats have been stopped off Australia’s shores and turned back in the past five years, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton revealed on Tuesday.

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Left-liberal activists have been enraged by an Australian proposal to help South Africa’s persecuted white minority, branding it “ridiculously racist”.

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Dozens of asylum seekers who applied for resettlement in Australia have been rejected after failing security checks or being deemed economic migrants rather than genuine refugees, according to Sky News.

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