The applications have been made possible by Canada’s program in which private citizens can sponsor a refugee’s resettlement, as long as they commit to providing “emotional and financial support to the refugee for the full sponsorship period” and raise the equivalent of one year of social security.
Spindari said the organisation felt the need to intervene in the plight of refugees in indefinite detention.
“There is no end in sight for the refugees who have been in detention for up to seven years, some even more, and who are really facing horrible circumstances. Their mental health is deteriorating, and there have been cases of people attempting suicide,” he said.
Australia will spend nearly $812m on its offshore immigration processing system next year – just under $3.4m for each of the 239 people now held on Nauru or in Papua New Guinea. On the figures presented in Tuesday’s budget, it costs Australian taxpayers $9,305 every day for each person held offshore. The home affairs portfolio budget papers forecast $811.8m to be spent on offshore management next financial year, before dropping to a little over.
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