Australia urged to help those ‘most in need’ with immigration system

Former immigration minister Philip Ruddock says Australia’s approach to immigration should be to take those “most in need”. A group of people, reportedly Chinese nationals, were located in remote Western Australia on the weekend. The group has since been sent to Nauru. The boat's arrival is understood to be the third illegal maritime landing on Australian soil in under six months. “You don’t get most in need if you’re getting the people who are on boats who have got money to pay a people smuggler,” Mr Ruddock told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “To put them in the front of the queue, to ensure that others who have a greater priority for a place are left out.”