The Australian government is forking out $1000 a month per asylum seeker and refugee in visa costs on Nauru.
The immigration department has revealed it had paid the Nauru government $27.9 million for asylum seeker visas up to March 30 and just over $1 million for refugee visas to February 23.
There are currently 718 asylum seekers in detention on Nauru and 500 refugees temporarily resettled on the island.
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