Government spent $78 million transporting asylum seekers last year

The figures for the last financial year highlight the ongoing cost of moving and deporting asylum seekers to and from Australia.

Refugees on Nauru

Source: AAP

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By Stephanie Andary

Presented by Al Bayt Baytak



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