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Zoltan Bertok
5th January 2010, 06:51 AM
A greater number of asylum-seekers, however, arrive in Australia on commercial air services. Immigration Department tracking shows that in 2008-09, there were 5305 onshore protection visa lodgments, compared with 3897 for the previous year.
The concern among some justice officials is that this could renew pressure on the courts just as they have got on top of the immigration-related workload.

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