Fears are growing that anti-migrant rhetoric may ramp up ahead of this year's election.
Work to target immigrants to the regions where the government says they are most needed and to tackle worker exploitation are among the policies being rolled out this year.
But it's immigration numbers that may form the battleground for election spin and sparring after a tumultuous 2019.
Our immigration reporter, Gill Bonnett, tells us what is likely to happen ahead of the 2020 election.
