Turning down asylum seekers without ensuring they leave New Zealand is pointless, ACT Immigration spokesman MP Penny Webster said today.

"These people are desperate to enter our country. The Government is being wilfully negligent in not sending failed asylum seekers home.

"It should not be up to doctors, employers or neighbours to `dob in a foreigner'. The Government must do its job. If you don't get refugee status, you should be sent home. It's as simple as that," Mrs Webster said.

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