Hands up who voted this prick into office.
Scott Morrison defends calling asylum seekers 'illegal'Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says he is simply calling ''a spade a spade'' by directing public servants to refer to asylum seekers as ''illegal''.
''I'm not going to make any apologies for not using politically correct language to describe something that I am trying to stop,'' he said.
Mr Morrison has come under fire for telling immigration staff that boat arrivals must be called ''illegal maritime arrivals'', and asylum seekers in detention must be called ''detainees'' instead of ''clients''.
''I'm not going to engage in some sort of clever language to try and mask anything here,'' he said.
''I'm going to call a spade a spade.''
Mr Morrison said his directive simply concerned the way asylum seekers arrived.
''People who have entered Australia illegally by boat have illegally entered by boat,'' he said.
''I've never said that it is illegal to claim asylum. That's not what the term refers to. It refers to their mode of entry.''
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