Activists upset over budget refugee measures

How are refugee advocates responding to the coalition government's budget announcements?

Activists upset over budget refugee measures

In a small victory for refugee advocates, the federal budget has made way for winding down detention facilities on Christmas Island and in Darwin.

But many other elements in the budget have raised their ire, including issues surrounding the humanitarian intake.

And Christmas Island is now bracing for the impact detention facility closures will have on the tiny Indian Ocean territory.

Aileen Phillips reports.

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