It has been reported in new figures that 77,700 people were living unlawfully in Australia at the end of the last financial year.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke blamed the former government for the nation’s current immigration woes and called on people to leave the country when their visas run out.

“Under this Albanese government, this side of government are desperate poll chasers,” Zelićsaid on Sydney Now.

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