'You will not succeed', Morrison tells people smugglers

Prime Minister Scott Morrison

Prime Minister Scott Morrison Source: AAP

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has released a video warning asylum seekers against trying to enter Australia illegally.


It comes as the Coalition grapples with a historic loss on refugee legislation last week.

That message from Prime Minister Scott Morrison is part of a warning video directed at those involved in people smuggling operations.

The two-minute video will be translated into at least 15 languages, and aired in ten countries from which the government believes people may be considering illegally travelling to Australia.

It comes in the wake of the so-called Medivac law passing both houses of parliament last week, despite opposition from the Coalition.

The law allows for asylums seekers in offshore detention to be transferred to Australia for medical treatment on the advice of two doctors -- unless vetoed by the Home Affairs minister on security grounds.

As the Coalition braces for an expected flood of medical transfers, it has announced the reopening of an asylum seeker processing centre on Christmas Island at a cost of $1.4 billion.

Attorney-General Christian Porter has also announced potential transferees will face new character and security checks.

Please listen to the full report in Pashto language.

 


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