Costs revealed for transfer, deportation of asylum seekers

Rohingya refugees leave Nauru for the US

Rohingya refugees leave Nauru for US Source: AAP

Figures obtained by SBS under Freedom of Information laws show the Australian government spent $78 million on the air transfer and deportation of asylum seekers last financial year.



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