Policies unaffected by hunger strikes: PM

PM Julia Gillard says asylum seekers on hunger strike won't succeed in pressuring the government. Source: AAP

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says asylum seekers going on hunger strike won't succeed in pressuring the government to change its policies.

Ms Gillard was commenting on a group of 27 asylum seekers on hunger strike at a Melbourne detention centre.

Last week, the government confirmed one of the asylum seekers had received treatment for dehydration.

While the immigration department won't comment on why the detainees are on strike, it is believed they have been granted refugee status but have had their release into the community refused due to adverse ASIO assessments.

Ms Gillard on Monday stressed the importance of assessing would-be refugees on security grounds.

"We've got duties and obligations to the nation here in terms of properly assessing who's a refugee and making appropriate security assessments," she told ABC Radio.

"You do not change your circumstance as an asylum seeker or a refugee with an adverse security assessment through hunger striking."

Refugee Action Coalition spokesman Ian Rintoul said the detainees were very weak but had resumed drinking fluids.

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