PEOPLE IN ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE DETENTION
Updated Nov 2024.
Onshore
989
People held in onshore immigration detention. 169 arrived ‘unlawfully’ by air or boat.
194
People in community detention (designated address, nightly curfews, no security guards).
Source: Department of Home Affairs.
People in locked detention, by classification (n = 989)
Maritime Arrival: 109
Overstayer: 206
Section 501 Cancellation: 552
Other Visa Cancellation: 62
Air Arrival - Non Immigration Cleared: 40
Illegal fishermen and illegal air arrival: 20
Source: Department of Home Affairs.
10
People in detention who are stateless (approx figure). Their average duration of detention was 1172 days and 2 are on a removal pathway.
Source: Refugee Council of Australia
185
New Zealanders in onshore immigration detention. Followed by Iranians (63) and Vietnamese (63).
Source: Department of Home Affairs.
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Children in locked detention. In February 2024 there were six children in locked detention.
46
Children in community detention in Australia (designated address, nightly curfew, no guards).
Source: Department of Home Affairs.
496
Average days spent in immigration detention.
Average days in locked detention onshore
Source: Department of Home Affairs.
205
People have been detained for more than 2 years onshore (21% of total detention population).
Of them, 66 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.
173
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.
1106
People who were transferred offshore are currently in Australia. This includes 838 people who were part of the pre-19 July 2013 group.
Source: Refugee Council of Australia
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