A refugee expert says the government needs to distinguish between innocent refugees and the perpetrators as opposition leader Peter Dutton doubles down on a ban on visas granted to Palestinians fleeing Gaza.

Chief executive officer of the Refugee Council Australia has taken issue with comments made by Dutton, pointing out the conditions of the visas he approved are the same as the contentious visas.

“The majority of the refugees he gave approval to were from four countries, Iraq, Syria, Myanmar and Afghanistan, and in most of those situations, the exact same conditions apply,” he told Chris O’Keefe.

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