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Posts Tagged 'asylum seekers'

Australia could take in 20,000 extra refugees and save money by ending offshore detention

Posted on September 8th, 2015 · Posted in Blog

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We found $384 million to $726 million in asylum seeker policy savings the Commission of Audit missed.

Posted on May 5th, 2014 · Posted in Blog

The report released by the Commission of Audit (COA) last week reveals the unnecessarily high cost of asylum seeker policies in Australia. The report shows that offshore detention costs approximately $439,000 per.. read more

The economics of asylum seekers

Posted on July 18th, 2013 · Posted in Blog

Julian Burnside had a good opinion piece in The Age today about asylum seekers (“You’ve been misled on boat people: here are the facts“). Julian supports in-community processing of asylum.. read more

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