As immigration minister he sought legal ways to stop boat arrivals from ever gaining permanent protection
Scott Morrison, when he became immigration minister after the 2013 election, asked Asio to delay its security checks of asylum seekers to prevent them being granted permanent protection visas.
Leaked cabinet documents, first reported by the ABC, show that in the first month of the Abbott government – after it had campaigned hard in opposition to “stop the boats” – Morrison asked his department to advise what legal avenues were available to prevent asylum seekers who had arrived by boat from ever being awarded permanent protection.
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