Fact Check: Why Peter Dutton's claims on the Coalition's record on refugees get mixed verdicts

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Fact Check: Why Peter Dutton's claims on the Coalition's record on refugees get mixed verdicts

27 Jun 2016

RMIT ABC Fact Check

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Fact Check: Why Peter Dutton's claims on the Coalition's record on refugees get mixed verdicts

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Immigration and Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton claims that he moved every child out of detention, brought record numbers of refugees in by plane and that nobody drowned at sea under Operation Sovereign Borders.
Verdict: Mixed

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2016

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26 May 2020

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