People in held detention who have previously applied for, or held a protection or humanitarian visa with an active removals service, by period of detention

As at 31 August 2025

Bar chart showing 224 people in held detention on a removal pathway with previous protection or humanitarian claims with 632of them being held for more than 5 years.

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Time in held detention is cumulative. Indivdiuals who previously held a humanitarian visa may have also applied or held a protection visa but are only counted once. Breakdowns for previous humanitarian and protection visas are approximate, figures, as the Department does not provide exact figures of less than 5 or that reveal figures less than 5.

Chart: Refugee Council of AustraliaSource: Answer to Question on Notice SE25-0410Get the dataEmbed Download imageCreated with Datawrapper