Is that more or less, or equivalent, to previous years over the past decade — adjusted for comparison to global migration trends where every Western country has experienced a massive shift in these border crossing issues?
with 287, are we doing a worse job when the numbers are described by standard deviation off of the trend, as described by department analysis which tracks expected values? big numbers are big, but proper statistics are critical for understanding the underlying data.
is this 287 considered too high because it should be lower based on allocated resources, or too high because of budget allocation mismanagement, or too high for moral reasons? or maybe it's a substantial improvement from earlier quarters in yearly seasonal immigration patterns? it's not clear what your message is other than telling us a numerical value.
I'm really quite interested in the topic, from a scientific analysis and humanitarian ethics perspective, so I hope these questions don't come off as being negative or critical.