Australia has given 7,500 asylum seekers living in country until October to lodge an application for protection, or face deportation, declaring the "game is up" for "fake refugees". <br/><br/>Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said the asylum seekers had all arrived by boat under the previous Labor government and had so far either failed or refused to present their case for asylum with the Immigration Department. Mr. Dutton said, the asylum seekers have now been given until October 1 to lodge an application for processing or they will be cut off from Government payments, subject to removal from Australia, and banned from re-entering the country. <br/><br/>According to Mr Dutton, the group is costing taxpayers about 250 million dollars each year in income support alone and the deadline would ensure the Government is not providing financial support to people who have no right to be in Australia.