So last night tony Abbott said under liberal no boats came / wtf. What ever he is smoking he is not sharing. Statistics on asylum seekers arriving in Australia Note: There may be some inconsistencies between the following tables due to variations in the data sources used. Onshore asylum applications lodged, 2001-02 to 2011-12 Year Protection Visa applications (non-IMAs*) Protection requests from IMAs* Total onshore applications 2001-02 7,026 2,222 9,248 2002-03 4,960 60 5,020 2003-04 3,485 87 3,572 2004-05 3,062 146 3,208 2005-06 3,191 101 3,292 2006-07 3,723 23 3,746 2007-08 3,987 21 4,008 2008-09 5,027 668 5,762 2009-10 5,986 4,579 10,565 2010-11 6,337 5,174 11,511 2011-12 7,036 7,379 14,415 *Irregular Maritime Arrivals Primary grant rate (non-IMAs), 2006-07 to 2011-12 Year Grants Refusals Total decisions Grant rate 2006-07 896 2,719 3,615 24.8% 2007-08 1,295 2,413 3,708 34.9% 2008-09 1,598 2,982 4,580 34.9% 2009-10 1,708 3,039 4,747 36.0% 2010-11 1,389 4,105 5,494 25.3% 2011-12 1,467 4,325 5,792 25.3% Refugee Review Tribunal outcomes (non-IMAs), 2006-07 to 2011-12 Year Affirmed Set aside Withdrawn No jurisdiction Total decisions Remit rate* 2006-07 2,202 629 52 199 3,102 22.2% 2007-08 1,661 422 33 202 2,318 20.3% 2008-09 1,787 468 29 178 2,462 20.8% 2009-10 1,540 514 21 82 2,157 25.0% 2010-11 1,814 626 53 110 2,603 25.7% 2011-12 1,899 748 86 69 2,802 28.3% *Excludes cases which were withdrawn or in which it was found that the RRT had no jurisdiction to review the case. Final grant rate (non-IMAs), 2006-07 to 2011-12 Year Grants Refusals Total decisions Grant rate 2006-07 1,692 2,651 4,343 39.0% 2007-08 1,898 2,107 4,005 47.4% 2008-09 2,173 2,618 4,789 45.3% 2009-10 2,365 2,271 4,636 51.0% 2010-11 2,101 2,739 4,840 43.4% 2011-12 2,272 2,887 5,159 44.0% Primary grant rate (IMAs), 2008-09 to 2010-11 Year Grants Refusals Total decisions Grant rate 2008-09 209 0 209 100% 2009-10 2,133 732 2,865 74.5% 2010-11 2,001 3,217 5,218 38.3% 2011-12 2,721 1,104 3,825 71.1% Independent review outcomes (IMAs), 2009-10 to 2011-12 Year Affirmed Overturned Total decisions Overturn rate 2009-10 55 28 83 66.3% 2010-11 929 190 1,119 83.0% 2011-12 2,224 474 2,698 82.4% Final grant rate (IMAs), 2008-09 to 2011-12 Year Grants Refusals Total decisions Grant rate 2008-09 209 0 209 100% 2009-10 2,151 28 2,179 98.7% 2010-11 2,719 190 2,909 93.5% 2011-12 4,766 474 5,240 91.0% Asylum seekers arriving by boat, by financial year, 1 July 1975 to 30 June 2012 Year Number of boats Number of people Year Number of boats Number of people* 1975-76 1 5 1994-95 21 1,071 1976-77 7 204 1995-96 14 589 1977-78 43 1432 1996-97 13 365 1978-79 6 351 1997-98 13 157 1979-80 2 56 1998-99 42 921 1980-81 1 30 1999-2000 75 4,175 1981-82 0 0 2000-01 54 4,137 1982-83 0 0 2001-02 19 3,039 1983-84 0 0 2002-03 0 0 1984-85 0 0 2003-04 3 82 1985-86 0 0 2004-05 0 0 1986-87 0 0 2005-06 8 61 1987-88 0 0 2006-07 4 133 1988-89 0 0 2007-08 3 25 1989-90 3 224 2008-09 23 985 1990-91 5 158 2009-10 117 5,327 1991-92 3 78 2010-11 89 4,730 1992-93 4 194 2011-12 110 7,983 1993-94 6 194 Total 689 36,706 *Excludes crew. Asylum seekers arriving by boat, by calendar year, 1 January 1976 to 31 December 2012 Year Number of boats Number of people Year Number of boats Number of people 1976 - 111 1995 7 237 1977 - 868 1996 19 660 1978 - 746 1997 11 339 1979 - 304 1998 17 200 1980 - 0 1999 86 3,721 1981 - 30 2000 51 2,939 1982 - 0 2001 43 5,516 1983 - 0 2002 1 1 1984 - 0 2003 1 53 1985 - 0 2004 1 15 1986 - 0 2005 4 11 1987 - 0 2006 6 60 1988 - 0 2007 5 148 1989 1 26 2008 7 161 1990 2 198 2009 60 2,726 1991 6 214 2010 134 6,555 1992 6 216 2011 69 4,565 1993 3 81 2012 278 17,202 1994 18 953 Total 836 48,856 Sources Department of Immigration and Citizenship annual publication Asylum Trends, immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics Department of Immigration and Citizenship (2011). Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Immigration Detention Network, immi.gov.au/media/publications/pdf/2011/diac-jscaidn-submission-sept11.pdf Phillips, J. & Spinks, H. (2013). Boat arrivals in Australia since 1976. Parliamentary Library, aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/BN/2012-2013/BoatArrivals Last updated February 2013
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