Offshore detention costs taxpayers up to $573,000 each person a year, report finds

Offshore detention costs Australian taxpayers as much as $573,000 a person each year, according to a report from advocacy groups released as the independent senator Jacqui Lambie weighed up whether to support the repeal of medevac laws.

The At What Cost report, released on Tuesday by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Save the Children and GetUp, showed the cost of offshore processing over the next three years would be $1.2bn, and $573,ooo each person a year

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/03/offshore-detention-costs-taxpayers-up-to-573000-each-person-report-finds

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