Peter Dutton rejects 'moral lecture' on Tamil family detained on Christmas Island

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says supporters of the Tamil family fighting their deportation from Australia have made false claims.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton Source: AAP

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton Source: AAP

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says he won't take a "moral lecture" from supporters of a Tamil family fighting deportation from Australia, while at the same time warning of the threat of asylum seeker boats from Sri Lanka. 

Mr Dutton has defended the government's decision to deport Priya, her husband Nadesalingam and their Australian-born daughters Kopika, 4, and Tharunicaa, 2, in an opinion piece published in News Ltd newspapers.  

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