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Farid Farid

Expansive migration laws to deport, ban entry imminent

Advocates say the migration bills will imperil the lives of refugees and asylum seekers. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Tough migration laws giving government extensive powers, from deporting non-citizens to allowing sniffer dogs in immigration detention centres, have been supported by the coalition despite furious condemnation.

Independent MPs, the Greens, human rights advocates and refugees slammed the bipartisan agreement to usher in three rushed bills packaged together on Wednesday.

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