a disgace

The Federal Opposition is worried that dozens of asylum seekers have received a total of $5.4 million in compensation for injuries they suffered while in detention.

New figures show more than 50 immigration detainees received $100,000 each in compensation over the past two years.

The figures were provided by the Government as part of the Senate Estimates process.

The Opposition's Scott Morrison says with a record number of people in detention, the costs are likely to increase.

"The payout of on average $100,000 in compensation claims to over 50 people who have been in detention is just another example of the escalating costs that are occurring in our detention network," he said.

"Compensation gets paid from time to time - the issue here though is with a record detention population, with boats continuing to arrive, then these sorts of payouts and costs are only going to become greater and more regular in the future."

Mr Morrison also says newly-supplied information shows there have been been several cases of tuberculosis (TB) at detention centres in Australia.

He says the cases were revealed during the Senate Estimates process.

He says the number of infectious illnesses among asylum seekers is of concern.

"The information revealed in Senate Estimates that there are 20 TB cases that were identified in the last financial year and there have been none in the previous two years," he said.

"This is the consequence of a greater risk that appears when more and more people turn up and there are more and more people in detention."



Those that voted for Labor are responsible for this. shame shame shame.
Not only do we accommodate and care for these people we now give them large amounts of money as well. They must think we are a bunch of dills.
Don`t worry about Mecca they have arrived in Paradise.
This is a bloomin disgrace.
It is nearly an embarrassment to call ourselves Aussies.