Offshore processing costs $573k per person

By Daniel McCulloch
Updated December 3 2019 - 7:03pm, first published 6:57pm
A report says the cost of offshore detention is $573,000 per asylum seeker, per year.
A report says the cost of offshore detention is $573,000 per asylum seeker, per year.

Australian taxpayers are spending up to $537,000 per year on each asylum seeker and refugee held offshore.

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