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the human cost of forced relocations in immigration detention

  • Written by Michelle Peterie, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
the human cost of forced relocations in immigration detentionRICHARD WAINWRIGHT/AAP

Between July 2018 and August 2019, the Home Affairs Department spent A$6.1m flying refugees, asylum seekers and other immigration detainees around Australia.

This figure includes $5.7 million for charter flights and $400,000 for commercial flights with airlines like Qantas. It does not include the cost of keeping planes on...

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