Asylum seekers political pawns of hardline government policy

By Sarah Whyte
Updated October 18 2014 - 10:08am, first published 12:15am
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is increasingly becoming willing to politicise any situation. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is increasingly becoming willing to politicise any situation. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is increasingly becoming willing to politicise any situation. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is increasingly becoming willing to politicise any situation. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is increasingly becoming willing to politicise any situation. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is increasingly becoming willing to politicise any situation. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is increasingly becoming willing to politicise any situation. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is increasingly becoming willing to politicise any situation. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

It was four days after separate claims had been made that women were being forced to strip naked in front of guards in order to get a shower longer than two minutes; children were being told to perform sexual acts in front of guards; and female asylum seekers were performing sexual acts in return for drugs such as marijuana.

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