FactCheck: Have more than 1000 asylum seekers died at sea under Labor?
“More than 1000 asylum seekers have perished at sea since Labor relaxed its policies in 2008 – a move it now concedes was a mistake.” – The Australian, 18 July.
Dr Sara Davis looks at some of the figures on deaths of asylum seekers, available from 2000 to present. She looks at both those from years when the Coalition has been in power and compares it to when the Labor government came into power.