Number of Immigration Detention Sites: 9 (2008)

Detention Capacity: 2,380 (2008)

Annual Number of Deportations:
6,768 (2007)

Undocumented Population:
46,500 (as of June 2007)

Number of asylum seekers:
1,516 (end of 2007)

Country Links

Last updated: November 2008

Australia Detention Profile

For more detailed information, see the complete List of Detention Sites.

Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)

Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC). Annual Report 2006-2007. http://www.immi.gov.au/about/reports/annual/2006-07/html/outcome1/output1_2_1.htm (accessed January 2008).
Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) website. 2008. “Immigration Detention Statistics, November 2008.” http://www.immi.gov.au/managing-australias-borders/detention/facilities/statistics/ (accessed November 2008).
Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) website. 2008. “Managing Australia’s Borders: Detention Services.” http://www.immi.gov.au/managing-australias-borders/detention/(accessed January 2008).
Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) website. 2008. “Key Facts in Immigration, Immigration Fact Sheet Two.” http://www.immigration.gov.au/media/fact-sheets/02key.htm (accessed January 2008).
Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) website. 2008. “Migration Program Statistics”. http://www.immi.gov.au/media/statistics/statistical-info/visa-grants/migrant.htm (accessed February 2008).
Global Solutions Limited (GSL) website. 2008. “Immigration Removal Centres.” http://www.gslglobal.com/sectors/secure_environment/immigration_removal_centres (accessed January 2008).
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC). 2007. “Summary of Observations following the Inspection of Mainland Immigration Detention Facilities 2007.” December 2007.