He believes past demonstrations have placed the town at risk. On Perth radio this morning, Mr Ruddock said there are currently about 2,000 people in detention in Australia. He said Mr Fraser is wrong to describe them as refugees. Well Malcolm ought to spend a bit more time working up the issue. The first point I'd make is that he refers to them as refugees.
Nobody is a refugee until they're found to be a refugee.
We do not detain refugees. Well that's the point we've just been arguing, according to this office. No, we do not, we do not detain refugees. Once we've established that a person is a refugee, they are released. He said those still in detention should be described as 'rejected asylum seekers'.