the Jumbo era has been here for years. I read that there are many 1000s who fly in and "disappear".. into the kitchens, building sites, orchards, wherever. 'Agents', lower wages and all.
A lot of them are Poms, too. Overstayers are a far bigger illegal immigration problem in terms of numbers than irregular arrivals (whether by sea or air) as was the case even before the Howard solution. The difference is that there's not a lot of political mileage or news-as-entertainment to be made out of Joe Smith who arrived on a tourist visa in 1995 and never got around to going back to the UK.
Boatloads of swarthy looking people are more newsworthy than middle aged Poms, Indian cabbies and female Korean 'students' with interesting night jobs in the entertainment/service industry (Maybe Cert IV in 'Busty Jap, natural DD, friendly, I/O calls' should be VTEC approved?) 
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