&gt; This is hard to say<p>We do know that IMAs have significantly decreased. As the department reports on the numbers in detention[1] (See figure 1)<p>The ABC also kept a log of all reports[2]<p>1) <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.border.gov.au&#x2F;ReportsandPublications&#x2F;Documents&#x2F;statistics&#x2F;immigration-detention-statistics-30-dec-2015.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.border.gov.au&#x2F;ReportsandPublications&#x2F;Documents&#x2F;st...</a><p>2) <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.abc.net.au&#x2F;news&#x2F;2013-10-25&#x2F;log-of-boat-arrivals-and-other-asylum-seeker-incidents&#x2F;5014496" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.abc.net.au&#x2F;news&#x2F;2013-10-25&#x2F;log-of-boat-arrivals-a...</a>