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The claim

Senator Kristina Keneally claims over the past four years more than 81,000 asylum seekers have come to Australia by plane seeking protection visas compared with 44,581 applications from boat arrivals over the previous five years.

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Mostly True - Mostly accurate, but there is a minor error or problem.

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