PEOPLE IN ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE DETENTION
Latest available figures are to 31 Dec 2023.
Onshore
872
People held in onshore immigration detention. 155 arrived ‘unlawfully’ by air or boat.
157
People in community detention (designated address, nightly curfews, no security guards).
Source: Department of Home Affairs.
People in locked detention, by classification (n = 872)
Maritime Arrival: 115
Overstayer: 112
Section 501 Cancellation: 531
Other Visa Cancellation: 72
Air Arrival - Non Immigration Cleared: 35
Illegal fishermen and illegal air arrival: 7
Source: Department of Home Affairs.
30
People in detention who are stateless (approx figure). Their average duration of detention was 1387 days and 7 are on a removal pathway.
Source: Refugee Council of Australia
154
New Zealanders in onshore immigration detention. Followed by Iranians (69) and Vietnamese (60)
Source: Department of Home Affairs.
0
Children in locked detention.
68
Children in community detention in Australia (designated address, nightly curfew, no guards).
Source: Department of Home Affairs.
625
Average days spent in immigration detention.
Average days in locked detention onshore
Source: Department of Home Affairs.
255
People have been detained for more than 2 years onshore (29.2% of total detention population).
Of them, 75 people have been detained for more than 5 years.
Source: Department of Home Affairs.
64
The approximate number of people still in PNG.
Source: Refugee Council of Australia
1101
People resettled in the US under the United States resettlement deal. Around 1,900 people applied for US resettlement.
129
People resettled in New Zealand under the Australia-New Zealand deal.
Source: Refugee Council of Australia
21
People who were subject to offshore processing have died since 2014, including 7 by known or suspected suicide.
Source: Refugee Council of Australia.
>$12 billion
Spent on offshore processing since 2012. The 23-24 Budget allocates $485,721 to offshore processing arrangements.
Source: Refugee Council of Australia.
838
People who were transferred offshore have since been moved back to Australia.
Source: Refugee Council of Australia
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