Dutton hasn't had a briefing on the Costa Rica refugee deal in almost eight months

An update on the Turnbull government’s deal to resettle people from Costa Rican refugee camps shows the Immigration Minister has not been given a briefing on the plans since April.

Federal Minister Peter Dutton Source: Picture AAP/David Clark

It has been almost 15 months since Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull revealed the plan at a United Nations summit hosted by then US President Barack Obama in New York last year.

Very little detail has been provided since but newly released documents from budget estimates in October reveal the last briefing by the Immigration Department to Immigration Minister Peter Dutton on the matter was on April 27.

The documents also confirm no one has been resettled yet as part of the deal and Australia has not agreed to accept a specific number of people overall.