0 1 8 . ▁More ▁important ly , ▁United ▁Future , ▁Labour ▁and ▁the ▁Gre ens ▁all ▁took ▁on ▁a ▁policy ▁of ▁dou bling ▁the ▁qu ota . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁lead ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁election , ▁Do ing ▁Our ▁Bit ▁continued ▁the ▁campaign ▁with ▁a ▁nation wide ▁speaking ▁tour ▁se cur ing ▁p led ges ▁of ▁M embers ▁of ▁Parliament ▁and ▁candidates ▁to ▁double ▁the ▁qu ota . ▁Among ▁those ▁signing ▁was ▁then ▁deput y ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁opposition , ▁Jac inda ▁Ar dern . ▁When ▁Ar dern ▁eventually ▁became ▁O pp osition ▁leader ▁and ▁then ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁coal ition ▁government ▁with ▁New ▁Zealand ▁First , ▁she ▁re iter ated ▁that ▁the ▁refuge e ▁qu ota ▁would ▁grow ▁to ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁places . ▁The ▁Green ▁party ▁also ▁secured ▁a ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁numbers ▁admitted ▁under ▁family ▁reun ification ▁for ▁their ▁confidence ▁and ▁supply ▁support . ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁a ▁book ▁by ▁Steph ens ▁was ▁released ▁document ing ▁the ▁campaign ▁through ▁publish er ▁Br idget ▁Williams ▁Books . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 9 ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁Labour ▁coal ition ▁government ▁made ▁the ▁announ cement ▁that ▁New ▁Zealand ▁will ▁raise ▁the ▁annual ▁refuge e ▁qu ota ▁from ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 2 0 , ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁Jac inda ▁Ar dern ▁had ▁announced . ▁Labour ▁campaign ed ▁on ▁increasing ▁the ▁refuge