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Tess Ikonomou

Plan to block people from countries could backfire: UN

Amy Pope of the International Organisation for Migration has addressed the National Press Club. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

A government plan to stop people coming from countries that don't accept returning asylum seekers could have an unforeseeable impact, a top UN migration official says.

The Albanese government on Tuesday introduced to parliament legislation that would jail for up to five years asylum seekers who refuse to co-operate with their removal to their home countries.

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