The number of asylum seekers and refugees receiving treatment in Australia now outstrips those left on Manus Island and Nauru, following a surge in medical transfers.
Since July, 461 people have been evacuated from Nauru for medical treatment, a 10-fold increase on the previous financial year.
Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo told a Senate estimates hearing that that brings the total number of people brought to the mainland for medical care or to accompany sick family members to 953, outnumbering the 915 people held offshore.
