Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Home Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Prime Minister Howard and the minister for immigration at the time really get the gold, silver and bronze medals for the years of the highest arrivals in our history. In 2001 there were 51 boats and 5,516 irregular arrivals here, far more than there were last year and indeed a much higher trend than we have seen this year.

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