Immigration Minister Peter Dutton (pictured) has again given strong hints the federal government may increase its emergency intake of Syrian refugees. Mr Dutton, who has returned from visiting refugee camps in Jordan, told the ABC's Insiders program on Sunday that "more assistance" for Syrians would be needed because "the situation is going to deteriorate". One of Tony Abbott's last acts as prime minister in   September was to announce Australia would permanently resettle 12,000 refugees from Syria. Mr Abbott said women, children and families from persecuted minorities who were sheltering in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey would take priority. While the Coalition had previously suggested that it could provide more support, Mr Dutton reaffirmed the government's open mind on the subject after his trip to Jordan. He said 4.2 million people had left Syria and 7 million were internally displaced in the country and "it's a situation getting worse". Judith Ireland 
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