Asylum seeker boat turnbacks confirmed as Scott Morrison break silence on Operation Sovereign Borders

By Latika Bourke
Updated September 18 2014 - 11:08am, first published 9:34am
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has broken his silence around Operation Sovereign Borders. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has broken his silence around Operation Sovereign Borders. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has broken his silence around Operation Sovereign Borders. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has broken his silence around Operation Sovereign Borders. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has broken his silence around Operation Sovereign Borders. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has broken his silence around Operation Sovereign Borders. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has broken his silence around Operation Sovereign Borders. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has broken his silence around Operation Sovereign Borders. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has ended his silence around the Abbott government's asylum seeker policy, revealing that 12 asylum seeker boats were turned back to Indonesia as part of Operation Sovereign Borders.

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