# In this hour of need, contemplating a cut to Australia’s refugee intake is cruel populism

https://mins.news/en/item/35140

- The Guardian, 2026-08-28 02:56 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/28/immigration-cuts-australia-refugee-intake-cruel-populism

> Australia is considering cutting its annual humanitarian intake from 20,000 to 13,750 even as global displacement reaches an unprecedented level. The move, which Anthony Albanese linked to rising support for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, is portrayed as politically performative rather than a response to policy needs.