Peter Dutton ‘absolutely right’ to call for pause on all Gaza refugees

Shadow Home Affairs Minister James Paterson says Peter Dutton is “absolutely right” to call for a pause on all refugee arrivals from Gaza. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is calling for an outright ban on all refugee arrivals from war-torn Gaza. “When I started raising questions about this earlier in the week, I expected the government would quickly come out, reassure Australians, and say of course we’re not going to bring any Hamas supporters in our country,” Mr Paterson told Sky News Australia. “But when they were unable to give us that assurance, when they were unable to provide evidence that they are doing sufficient security and identity checks, well then the only option that remains is to pause all applications from Gaza for now until those checks can be put in place. “Peter is absolutely right to call for this.”