The political air in Australia is getting hotter due to the controversies on Australian immigration policy.

A cease fire broke when Dutton, the immigration minister commented that asylum seekers at detention camps will take over the jobs if they’ll be allowed to stay in Australia.

The immigration minister claimed the refugees as illiterate and innumerate. This heated up the refugee debate causing a threat to upcoming election campaign.

PM Turnbull also didn’t condemn the claim causing the opposition parties calling him a xenophobic.

Bill Shorten, the Labor Party leader criticized Dutton by saying that his comment is not only an insult to the refugees but to millions citizens who came as a result of Australian immigration and contributed in the well being f this country.

The Labor and Greens Party playing the role of opposition claims to double the humanitarian refugee intake to 27,000 and 50,000 immigrants. Dutton aimed at their plans. The minister’s ruling party is currently supporting 3,750 immigrants and claim to increase the number to 18,750 by 2018-2019.

Dutton supported his comment in an interview by saying that the refugees might be literate and numerate for many but they will end up taking local jobs, others unemployed, they’ll be consuming the unemployment queues.

When PM Turnbull was called to deny Dutton’s comment, he didn’t responded and remained silent.

Refugee Australian immigration has been comparatively low in recent years due to the political issues on the subject. In fact, the refugees at Australia’s detention centres are experiencing severe conditions to such a point that they are doing self harm only to record their protests.

Dutton claimed that these self harm strategies are provoked by refugee advocates and the government or the conditions at the detention centres has nothing to do with it.

First, the harsh immigration policy and now his comments, moreover PM Turnbull’s silence in this entire scenario is badly influencing the election campaign for the party. Australian Immigration Minister, Peter Dutton’s such comments are heating up the arguments. Not only the opposition leaders or general public but the U.N representatives are also criticizing the current government.