Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

The government opposes this motion. In the last three years under this government, 4,780 protection visas have been granted to people who have arrived lawfully by air. This is 31 per cent less than the 6,900 visas granted under Labor in its last three years of office. The government continues to manage our migration program by maintaining secure borders and clearing the backlog of the 50,000 illegal maritime arrivals who arrived between 2007 and 2013 and applied for protection.