Asylum Seeker: Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd: The move, described by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as "very hard line," aims to deter an escalating number of asylum seekers who travel to Australia in rickety fishing boats from poor, war-torn homelands through other countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia, according to CBC. "From now on, any asylum seeker who arrives in Australia by boat will have no chance of being settled in Australia as refugees," Rudd told reporters after signing a pact with Prime Minister Peter O'Neill of Papua New Guinea that will enable Australia to deport refugees there. 'Contempt' for moral, legal obligations Australia's prime minister warned Friday that all refugees who arrive in the country by boat will be resettled on the island nation of Papua New Guinea, a policy shift that rights groups immediately condemned. The growing influx is a major political problem for Rudd's Labor Party, which is the clear underdog in elections expected within months. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.