Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, I can. In the first instance, more than 1,600 potential illegal immigrants on 45 ventures have been disrupted before they could travel to Australia. If you remember, under the former government at one stage a boat was arriving every single day. There were so many that the Australian people woke up and literally saw the numbers getting higher and higher and higher on a daily basis. As I said, more than 1,200 people were declared dead under the former government's policies. None have died since we implemented turn-backs in December 2013.

The number of children held in detention is down under this government by 40 per cent and the downward trend is continuing. That is why were elected to restore integrity to our borders.