Asylum seeker advocates say the government is abandoning multicultural communities

Labor's package of migration legislation will pass the Senate, with the Coalition agreeing to pass the three bills. The changes to the Migration Act would give the immigration minister powers to impose blanket visa bans on countries, pay third countries to deport non-citizens, and ban items like phones from detention centres.

Kon Karapanagiotidis, CEO of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, shows his concern about the new migration law package. Credit: AP