House debates
Thursday, 4 February 2016
Questions without Notice
Asylum Seekers: Children
2:18 pm
Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source
Within five years the number had reached 2,000. Since coming back into office the coalition government have stopped the boats and we have reduced the number of children in detention to fewer than 100. Our goal is to reduce that to zero. But the key element in doing so is to ensure that people do not get on people-smugglers' boats and put their lives at risk.
Mr Ewen Jones interjecting—
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