Peter Dutton: ‘Illiterate migrants would take jobs from Australians’

Australia’s immigration minister has brought border security and immigration to the centre of the 2016 election campaign, warning that resettling “illiterate and innumerate” refugees would strain the social safety network and take Australian jobs.

“They won’t be numerate or literate in their own language, let alone English.

"These people would be taking Australian jobs, there’s no question about that,” Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said when asked about the proposed increase in the humanitarian quota.