New figures reveal offshore detention would cost taxpayers more than $1 billion over the next three years, as debate around the government's medevac repeal bill continues. auspol
New figures reveal offshore detention would cost taxpayers more than $1 billion over the next three years, asA report released on Tuesday by Save the Children, GetUp and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre breaks down the cost of offshore detention to $573,000 per offshore person, per year.
"The responsibility for this $1.2 billion cost sits squarely with this government's abject failure to resolve the offshore situation," she said.As the medevac vote looms, this asylum seeker in PNG has made a late plea to Jacqui Lambie The report, based on the 535 people who remain in offshore detention centres, comes as the Senate prepares to vote on whether medical evacuation laws should be repealed.
Debate around the legislation is expected to continue on Tuesday, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday met with Senator Jacqui Lambie.
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