Kerry Nettle (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Evans, and it relates to the practice of requiring refugees to pay for the cost of having been locked in detention. For people who spend three to four years in refugee camps, that means a bill of over $200,000. Does the Rudd government believe that people who are found to have a genuine case for staying in Australia should be charged for their detention?