The border protection debate is roaring again, and we’re happy to join the fun. One place to start is to highlight some key facts. In the last four months of the Labor government, there were 12,603 illegal maritime arrivals. In the first four months of the Coalition government, there were 1,581 illegal maritime arrivals.
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