PEOPLE IN ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE DETENTION
Latest available figures are to 29 Feb 2024. Updated May 2024.
Onshore
881
People held in onshore immigration detention. 156 arrived ‘unlawfully’ by air or boat.
247
People in community detention (designated address, nightly curfews, no security guards).
Source: Department of Home Affairs.
People in locked detention, by classification (n = 881)
Maritime Arrival: 115
Overstayer: 141
Section 501 Cancellation: 514
Other Visa Cancellation: 70
Air Arrival - Non Immigration Cleared: 33
Illegal fishermen and illegal air arrival: 8
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
140
New Zealanders in onshore immigration detention. Followed by Iranians (68) and Vietnamese (49)
Source: Department of Home Affairs.
6
Children in locked detention.
65
Children in community detention in Australia (designated address, nightly curfew, no guards).
Source: Department of Home Affairs.
624
Average days spent in immigration detention.
Average days in locked detention onshore
Source: Department of Home Affairs.
256
People have been detained for more than 2 years onshore (29% of total detention population).
Of them, 76 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
1106
People resettled in the US under the United States resettlement deal. Around 1,900 people applied for US resettlement.
135
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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