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BIG Brother Australia got political last night when evicted housemate Merlin Luck staged a protest against the imprisonment of refugees.

The 24-year-old from Sydney came out of the house with black duct tape over his mouth and holding up a sign saying "Free th Refugees". The sign, made from black tape on a piece of white sheet, had the "e" missing because the letter had fallen off.

he refused to talk to host Gretel Killeen.

"This segment is five minutes long -- are you going to speak at all?" an agitated Killeen asked.

Killeen calmed the audience before being forced to cut to live house footage and a commercial.

During the break Luck's father, Big Brother psychologist Carmel Hill and executive producer Kris Noble tried to get Luck to dump the protest. But he refused.

Luck and his family illegally entered Australia when he was young and were refugees for seven years before his father became an Australian citizen. Luck chose to keep his German citizenship.

Australia has a disgusting attitude towards refugees, hence the protest.