Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

I can understand that the member is sensitive. He is very sensitive to this government's record, because he should know—even though he is in denial—that the reason these results are being achieved is that the policies they said would never work are working. The policies they said would never work—whether it was turn-backs or temporary protection visas or any of these policies—are working. As a result, people are deciding not to come, and people who have come are deciding to go home under these policies. Interestingly, for those on bridging visas in the community since September last year 392 people have decided to go home. That compares to just 117 who had been on bridging visas for two years and decided to go home. What it says is that, when we came to government we said there would be no permanent visas for those waiting in the community for a visa. As a result, 392 already have decided to go home. That is more than three times what was occurring under the previous government. And they continue to oppose temporary protection visas.

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