LDKS yes, another boat today, & this was written...

LDKS yes, another boat today, & this was written yesterday...

More illegal arrivals during campaign than last 6 years of Coalition Government

18/08/10

More people have illegally arrived by boat during the election campaign than arrived in the last six years of the Coalition Government, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Scott Morrison and Shadow Minister for Justice, Customs and Border Protection, Michael Keenan said today.

"The sixth boat arrival of the campaign means that 305 people have now arrived illegally during this election campaign, well above the 220 people that arrived over the last six years of the Coalition Government," Mr Morrison said.

"The boats keep coming under Julia Gillard. This is the 153rd boat to arrive since Labor dismantled the Coalition's strong border protection policies and the 85th this year alone. Yet another arrival shows that as long as Labor is in business, the people smugglers are in business," he said.

The Labor Party's empty rhetoric on border protection was again exposed last night by South Australian Senator Anne McEwen, leader of Labor's South Australian Senate ticket.

At a debate organised by Getup! Senator McEwen was asked by moderator Senator Nick Xenophon if Kevin Rudd's description of people smugglers as "scum" was an example of emotive language that was inappropriate in discussing refugees and asylum seekers.

In an extraordinary defence of the people smuggling racket, Senator McEwen stated that "People smugglers are just people trying to make a buck".

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