Bar chart showing numbers of people in detention granted a visa, dropping from 40 in 2015-2016 to under 5 since 2017-18

Number of refugees released from detention by Ministerial intervention under s 195A

People found to be owed protection under Australian law or arriving on a refugee or humanitarian visa, as at 31 March 2023

Grey bars indicate approximate figures, as the Department does not provide exact figures less than 5, for privacy reasons. "This information only captures individuals whom Australia has considered to engage protection obligations either through assessment of their protection visa applications or by arriving on a visa from the offshore humanitarian program and then were released from immigration detention through ministerial intervention under section 195A of the Migration Act 1958."
Chart: Refugee Council of Australia Source: Answers to question on notice BE21-398; Answer to Question on Notice OBE22-209; Answer to Question on Notice SE23-475; Answer to Question on Notice BE23-712Get the dataEmbedDownload imageCreated with Datawrapper