Kate Lundy (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

Again, I go back to the point about having a sensible regional approach with which we work with our neighbours in the region. There are 43 million refugees around the world. We take a very small proportion of them—and, certainly, a still smaller proportion of them are irregular maritime arrivals. So I appreciate the sentiment, but I put it to you, Senator Milne—through you, Chair—that what you are suggesting is impractical with regard to achieving the objectives of having an orderly migration process and a durable regional approach to managing irregular migration.