The explanatory statement for the regulation said the changes will “achieve increased departure outcomes, especially when paired with increased immigration compliance activity”.
This would have “flow-on effects reducing the status resolution population” and save the federal government money on status resolution support services and immigration detention costs, it said.
In March 2023 Guardian Australia revealed that a “record” 100,000 people who had sought asylum onshore remained in Australia, including 72,875 whose claims had been refused, who were yet to be deported.
Government gives itself power to pay any non-citizen to leave Australia. By Paul Karp, The Guardian