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Labor warned of price of family reunion boost

Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock has suggested the Labor Party will pay an electoral price if it supports a greater intake of unskilled migrants under the family reunion category.

Mr Ruddock says he is disappointed the ALP appears to be favouring family reunion immigration as a way of increasing settlement in regional areas.

He says bringing people into the country through family migration means bringing them to be welfare dependent and without employment.

Mr Ruddock says Labor risks suffering a backlash if it proposes expanding the family reunion intake.

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