Offshore detention centres: annual costs hit $1 billion

By Sarah Whyte
Updated October 21 2014 - 2:08am, first published October 20 2014 - 6:28pm
$632 million a year: The detention centre on Manus Island. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
$632 million a year: The detention centre on Manus Island. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
$632 million a year: The detention centre on Manus Island. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
$632 million a year: The detention centre on Manus Island. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
$632 million a year: The detention centre on Manus Island. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
$632 million a year: The detention centre on Manus Island. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
$632 million a year: The detention centre on Manus Island. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
$632 million a year: The detention centre on Manus Island. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The federal government has spent more than $1 billion this financial year to house about 2200 asylum seekers in offshore detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.

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