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Costs revealed for transfer, deportation of asylum seekers

Rohingya refugees leaving Nauru for the US in February 2018

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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By Jarni Blakkarly

Source: SBS



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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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