Australia's offshore asylum policy ruled legal by High Court
Australia's High Court rejected a challenge brought by lawyers for one detainee who argued the policy was unconstitutional.
The ruling paves the way for more than 250 people, including 37 babies, to be deported to a detention camp on the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the borders had to be secure, and repeated the view that the policy prevents deaths.
"Our commitment today is simply this: the people smugglers will not prevail over our sovereignty. Our borders are secure. The line has to be drawn somewhere and it is drawn at our border," he said
Australia's High Court has ruled that the government's policy of detaining asylum seekers offshore is legal.
The ruling paves the way for more than 250 people, including 37 babies, to be deported to a detention camp on the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the borders had to be secure, and repeated the view that the policy prevents deaths.
"Our commitment today is simply this: the people smugglers will not prevail over our sovereignty. Our borders are secure. The line has to be drawn somewhere and it is drawn at our border," he said
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