Federal government figures reveal just 75 of the more than six thousand asylum seekers to arrive in Australia in the past two years have been rejected and returned to their country of origin.
Sydney's Daily Telegraph says that of the six thousand 310 arrivals since October 2008, two thousand and 50 have been granted protection visas and only 75 have been removed from Australia.
The paper says the figures were released to parliament as answers to questions to a Senate hearing first raised by the Coalition in May.
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It says four and a half thousand asylum seekers remain in limbo in overcrowded detention centres, one thousand beyond current capacity.
The paper also reported that between 2009 and June 11 this year, 5646 onshore protection visa applications were lodged by people who arrived by air, with only 541 applicants regarded as illegal entries.
