Immigration lawyer Simon Jeans says the primary drivers of immigration are not solely dictatorships, civil wars, or poverty but somewhat the ease of entry into Western countries. 'When I started doing this in the 1990s, it was a handful of people that came by plane and applied for asylum,' Mr Jeans told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. 'Now you see people can get a passport, they can get a tourist visa, they can get a student visa, there are all sorts of ways they can come in. 'The two largest groups that we have, at the moment, are the Chinese and the Malaysians. 'They form the largest groups in the backlog of cases, something like 40,000 in the department and 40,000 at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.'
Immigration lawyer Simon Jeans says the primary drivers of immigration are not solely dictatorships, civil wars, or poverty but somewhat the ease of entry into Western countries.
"When I started doing this in the 1990s, it was a handful of people that came by plane and applied for asylum," Mr Jeans told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. "Now you see people can get a passport, they can get a tourist visa, they can get a student visa, there are all sorts of ways they can come in."They form the largest groups in the backlog of cases, something like 40,000 in the department and 40,000 at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal."
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