Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner has urged people to speak out against comments like those made by TV personality Sonia Kruger suggesting Australia's borders should be closed to Muslims.

Kruger appeared this morning on a panel section of Channel Nine's The Today Show to discuss the question: "Do more migrants increase the risk of terror attacks?".

In response, Kruger referred to a column by News Corp's columnist Andrew Bolt where he linked Muslim immigration to France for the recent spate of terrorist attacks in the country.

"Andrew Bolt has a point here, that there is a correlation between the number of people who are Muslim in a country and the number of terrorist attacks," Kruger said.

"I have a lot of very good friends who are Muslim, who are peace-loving, who are beautiful, but there are fanatics."

She called for an end to Muslim migration, citing the reason that she wanted to "feel safe".

"I would like to see it stopped now for Australia because I want to feel safe, as all our citizens do, when they go out to celebrate Australia Day and I'd like to see freedom of speech as well," Kruger said.

Co-panellist David Campbell then interjected with: "I'd like freedom of religion as well ... this article breeds hate."

Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane agreed with Campbell.

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Panel moderator and The Today Show co-host Lisa Wilkinson asked Kruger:

"Just to clarify Sonia, are you saying you'd like to see our borders closed to Muslims at this point?"

Kruger answered: "Yes I would." Wilkinson responded: "Which is the Donald Trump approach." Kruger replied: "I think we have something like 500,000 now in our country, and perhaps it is, but for the safety of the citizens here, I think it is important."

A social media debate erupted following Kruger's on-air comments, with people agreeing and disagreeing with her.

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The president of the Islamophobia Register Australia, lawyer Mariam Veiszadeh, responded by seeking a meeting with Kruger to discuss her comments.

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Ms Veiszadeh told the ABC that Kruger's comments could be inflammatory and risked being fed directly into Islamic State propaganda.

"People have a right to be concerned [after the Nice attack], we cannot control what the terrorists do, but we can control how we react to them," she said.

"I would urge everyone to consider how we are responding and to ensure that we are responding in a way that does not add fuel to the fire.

"Her proposal unfortunately is not only potentially unconstitutional but also potentially in breach of international legal obligations and also runs the risk of feeding directly into ISIS propaganda."

Kruger, who is the host of Channel Nine's The Voice, later sought to clarify her position.

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The chief executive of the Migration Council of Australia, Carla Wilshire, said community spokespeople needed to protect social cohesion.

"We have run a non-discriminatory immigration program which has served us well for decades," Ms Wilshire said.

"We need to actively safeguard our social cohesion and all leaders of our community need to play a role in doing that."

A Channel Nine spokeswoman said the network believed in "freedom of speech and the Mixed Grill segment on The Today Show is a place where that happens".

"Sonia, David and Lisa each expressed a variety of opinions on the show this morning," she added.