Last year set a record of 17,000 boat people arrivals. This year threatens to be even worse. Shadow immigration minister Scott Morrison: Two more illegal boat arrivals, with a total of almost 150 people on board, means 1,000 more people have arrived by boat so far this year than over the same period last year... From the Home Affairs Minister's website: 19 March 2013 - Border Protection Command intercepts vessel... 18 March 2013 - Border Protection Command intercepts vessel... 15 March 2013 - Border Protection Command assists vessel... 15 March 2013 - Border Protection Command intercepts vessel... 14 March 2013 - Border Protection Command intercepts vessel... 14 March 2013 - Border Protection Command assists vessel... 14 March 2013 - Australian authorities assist vessel... 12 March 2013 - Border Protection Command assists vessel... 12 March 2013 - Border Protection Command intercepts vessel... 10 March 2013 - Border Protection Command intercepts vessel... 9 March 2013 - Border Protection Command assists vessel... 8 March 2013 - Border Protection Command intercepts vessel... In the last six years of the Howard Government, just 18 boats arrived. In just the last two weeks of the Gillard Government, 14 boats have arrived.