Recently another four boats transporting economic immigrants were found on the West Australian coast, up in the Kimberley region. The number of people trying to get into the country has increased by 50 per cent, while surveillance has lessened.
Australia can have any amount of illegal immigration by boat it wants.
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Dr Tom Lewis OAM wrote his PhD thesis studying the illegal immigration problem. A military historian, one of his latest books is Bombers North, analysing the Allied strike back from northern Australia in WWII.
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