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Kat Wong

Coalition in damage control over migration claim

The coalition has been forced into damage control, reiterating its support for the Indian community. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's Indian community has been celebrated by the opposition leader after a coalition senator refused to apologise for falsely claiming Labor was taking in migrants to bolster their vote.

In the aftermath of mass anti-immigration rallies attended by neo-Nazis, Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price on Wednesday said the protests were fuelled by concerns about migration before claiming Labor "allow those in that would support their policies", pointing to the Indian diaspora.

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