We can't keep pretending we can carry the world on our shoulders'

T TOOK two years and a change of government for the press even to be allowed to report it, thanks to an unprecedented gag order which effectively criminalised anyone who knew about the breach from speaking a word.

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And what did the subsequent review find? That the threat to life had been wildly overstated. That the scale of the response was “disproportionate”. That many of those flown in weren’t even necessarily at risk.

But, by then, over 16,000 people had already been relocated here — some reportedly with extended families in tow. One individual, now living comfortably in the UK, even threatened to blackmail the then government with the very list he was on. This isn’t compassion. It’s state-sponsored chaos.

And it’s chaos we’re funding twice. Once through billions spent on covert relocation operations, and again in the form of welfare cheques issued to people who’ve contributed absolutely nothing to this country.