Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member’s question is as follows:

Of the applications lodged within the offshore component of Australia’s Humanitarian Program in 2010–11, 3112 visas have been granted as at 5 August 2011.

Table 1 shows the number of this cohort who were granted a visa, by Post. Table 2 shows this same information, broken down by country of birth rather than Post.

Table 1: Grants to persons lodging applications for subclass 200, 201, 202, 203 and 204 visas 1 in 2010–11, by Post, as at 5 August 2011 2

1 Visa categories: 200 visa – Refugee Visa; 201 – In-country Special Humanitarian Visa; 202 – Special Humanitarian Visa; 203 –Emergency Rescue Visa; 204 – Woman at Risk Visa

2 Note: Data for decisions made in 2010–11 is current as at 30 June 2011. Data for decisions made in 2011–12 is current as at 5 August 2011.

Table 2: Grants to persons lodging applications for subclass 200, 201, 202, 203 and 204 visas 3 in 2010–11, by country of birth, as at 5 August 2011 4

3 Visa categories: 200 visa – Refugee Visa; 201 – In-country Special Humanitarian Visa;

202 – Special Humanitarian Visa; 203 –Emergency Rescue Visa; 204 – Woman-at-Risk Visa

4 Data for grants made in 2010–11 is current as at 30 June 2011. Data for grants made in 2011–12 is current as at 5 August 2011.

5 The country of birth of principal visa applicants is applied to secondary visa applicants

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