The new 'boat people'? How Labor's focus on air arrivals only hints at new immigration challenge

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Labor's Kristina Keneally says people smugglers are changing their business model from boats to plans, with about 80 people a day seeking asylum at Australian airports.

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Labor argues the number of arrivals in July and August suggests 2019-20 is likely to bring the largest number of arrivals on record.

Mr Coleman sought to highlight that actual grants of protection visas to air arrivals were down in the past three years compared to the last three years of Labor's government.

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