I'm really grateful you mentioned asylum seekers. No asylum seeker is an illegal immigrant. The "illegal" attached to asylum was created by the govt and propagated by the media. It is a slanderous 100% lie to falsely create an imaginary boogieman to trick Australians into voting for people who have feudal policies. Now Australia has political prisoners. Same as China and other countries we lecture about human rights.
There is no "right way" to seek asylum in Australia. You can't board a plane headed here without obtaining a visa prior. If you have a tourist visa and then stay and claim asylum, it is frowned upon and you won't get it under this govt. If you come by legal boat , the restrictions are the same. So how are people supposed to claim asylum here? Get to another country and go through the UNHCR? It will take 3 years for humanitarian visa application to even be looked at, and by that time you will be told you are safe where you are, so you can't come here. Stay in your country and die? Seriously that is what their political policy is, which is being proven by the fact that they have told the legitimate refugees on Manus to go back or stay on Manus where the people hate them, one has already been stabbed for his phone. Manus is very very poor and small. It is horrendous to do that the refugees AND the people of Manus.
An official complaint has been lodged with the ICC about Dutton, Morrisson, Turnbull and others including members of the Labor party that have broken laws and violated human rights.