Operation Sovereign Borders and offshore processing statistics
This page sets out statistics for Operation Sovereign Borders and offshore processing.
Refugees on PNG face unchecked violence: Human Rights Watch report
Human Rights Watch has released a damning report on the dangers faced by those transferred to Papua New Guinea (PNG) under Australia's policy of offshore processing. As Australia plans to close the centre there on 31 October 2017, Human Rights Watch documents why people are afraid to leave the centre and why settling them on PNG will not work.
Australia must guarantee peace on Manus Island
MEDIA RELEASE 30th October 2017 As the clock ticks towards Australia's self-imposed deadline for the closure of the Manus Island immigration detention centre, tensions are escalating with refugees, people seeking asylum…
Human Rights Watch condemns Australian detention policy: 2017 Report
The 27th annual Human Rights Watch Global Report highlights the violence, depression and hopelessness experienced by refugees and people seeking asylum on Manus Island and Nauru.
What we learnt from Senate estimates – and what we didn’t
We analyse here the data from the October 2016 Senate estimates, which includes statistics on offshore processing, refugee status determination and other key information about refugees and people seeking asylum.
Submission on the serious allegations of abuse, neglect and self-harm on Nauru and Manus Island
In this submission, we express our profound concerns about allegations of abuse and self-harm on Manus Island and Nauru, and make recommendations to prevent such abuse.
Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s Annual Report 2015-16
This is the first Annual Report of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) following its merger with the Customs and Border Protection Service in July 2015. The report, tabled in Parliament in October 2016, provides a number of useful statistics.
RCOA welcomes commitments on displacement but urges resolution on offshore detention
The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has welcomed commitments from the Australian government to address global displacement, but calls for an urgent solution to the glaring crisis in Australia’s…
Australia must prioritise welfare of men on Manus
The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) today welcomed the closure of Australia's immigration detention centre on Manus Island and called for the Australian Government to meet its duty of care…
Australia’s offshore processing regime
Offshore processing (referred to by the Australian Government as “regional processing”) is the term used to describe the arrangements by which Australia sends people seeking asylum who arrive by boat to either Nauru or on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where their refugee claims are determined.
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