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APPENDIX A: YEARS AT A GLANCE

Table 22 – Years at a glance1

2017-18

2018–19

2019–20

Permanent Migration Program and child outcome

162,417

160,323

140,366

Skill stream places

111,099

109,713

95,843

Family stream places

47,732

47,247

41,961

Special eligibility stream places

236

115

81

Child places delivered outside the managed Migration Program

3,350

3,248

2,481

Temporary visas granted

8.7 million

8.8 million

6.5 million

Visitor visas granted

5.6 million

5.7 million1

4.1 million

Number of eVisas granted

4.9 million

5.3 million

3.9 million

Student visas granted

378,292

405,742

340,152

Working holiday maker visas granted

210,456

209,036

149,249

Special Category (subclass 444) visas granted

1.9 million

1.9 million

1.4 million

Maritime crew and transit visas granted

351,516

347,744

308,233

Temporary Work (skilled) visas granted

64,470

81,975

55,060

Temporary residents (other) visas granted

180,459

186,148

162,108

Other Temporary

13,074

11,886

9,222

Refugee and humanitarian entry

Humanitarian program visas granted

16,250

18,762

13,171

Number of Illegal Maritime Arrival legacy caseload applications finally determined (grants and refusals)

7,041

4,420

3,308

Citizenship

Number of people conferred with Australian citizenship

80,649

127,674

204,817

Number of people whose applications for Australian citizenship by conferral, descent, adoption and resumption were approved

100,102

164,344

231,082

Border management

International air and sea travellers processed (including crew)

46.0 million

47.4 million

35.0 million

Ship arrivals and departures from Australian ports

37,615*

37,631*

37,079

Immigration clearances refused at air and seaports

4,584

4,191

2,274

SmartGate clearances

26.0 million

27.5 million

20.3 million

Sea cargo consignments inspected

89,253

70,238

54,416

International mail items inspected

54.6 million

36.4 million

32.6 million

Number of illicit, prohibited and restricted drugs detected at the border

43,278

35,874*

40,223

Combined weight of major illicit drugs and precursors detected at the border

14,082 kg

19,963 kg*

10,882 kg

Tonnes of illicit tobacco detected at the border

432.86 tonnes

631.32 tonnes*

494.28 tonnes

Number of undeclared conventional firearms, parts and accessories detected at the border

2,007

2,269*

2,541

Detector dog supported detections (passenger and cargo)

2,550

1,784

1,382

Border protection

Marine unit patrol days total2

2,668

2,195

2,298

Marine unit patrol days excluding ABFC’s Ocean Shield and Thaiyak3

2,036

1,646

1,771

Compliance

Location events of unlawful non-citizens4

14,809*

14,271*

19,149

Location events of Illegal workers5

2,394*

1,617*

994

Illegal Worker Warning Notices (IWWNs) issued to employers of illegal workers6

323*

314*

184

Removals and assisted departures of non-citizens onshore and from regional processing countrie7

14,065*

12,985*

10,505

Total number of visa cancellations8

57,425*

54,656*

59,237

Total number of non-humanitarian visa refusals

308,150

377,469

325,637

Detention

Illegal foreign fishers taken into immigration detention

58

41

25

People in Australian immigration detention (mainland and Christmas Island) at 30 June

1,715

2,1339

2,361

Trade, customs and revenue

Import and export entries

5.5 million

5.6 million

5.4 million

Revenue collected from visa application charges, customs duty, import processing charges and passenger movement charges

$19.267 billion

$19.891 billion

$22.935 billion

Client contact

Telephone calls to service centres (general enquiries and citizenship information lines)

1.0 million

1.5 million

1.3 million

Telephone interpreting services

1.0 million

1.0 million

1.1 million

Telephone calls to TIS National’s contact centre

1.2 million

1.1 million

1.1 million

Transport security compliance activities

Audits10

195

94

265

Inspections

704

478

505

System tests

790

1,021

815

Total

1,689

1,593

1,585

Employee head count

Department employees

8,399

8,388

8,135

Australian Border Force employees

6,017

5,667

5,873

Total employees

14,416

14,055

14,008

Locally engaged employees

1,143

1,043

990

Total employees (including locally engaged)11

15,559

15,098

14,998

1 Data includes E-grants and Electronic Travel Authorities.

2 Includes all vessels.

3 Figure excludes ABFC’s Ocean Shield and Thaiyak.

4 Some non-citizens may have been located more than once in any given programme year. Each location event is counted.

5 Historical figures for previous financial years were refreshed and updated on 6 July 2017. As a result, due to retrospective data entries, systems corrections and improvements to methodologies data, figures may differ from those previously reported.

6 The figures include returns and removals of non-citizens from the Australian mainland and regional processing centres, including IMAs, IMA crew, IFFs and border turnarounds.

7 This figure accounts for total onshore compliance departures and includes IMAs, IMA crew, IMA BVE, IFFs and other authorised arrivals.

8 The figures include all onshore/offshore visa cancellations. A visa may be recorded as cancelled more than once. This can occur when a visa is cancelled, and the cancellation is subsequently revoked or set aside (this may occur for a number of reasons, including further legal proceedings, and administrative or jurisdictional errors), and then the visa is cancelled again. Duplication may also occur.

9 Figure includes people in immigration detention under residence determinations.

10 The figures are inclusive of both NCP and Targeted activities.

11 Figure excludes Secretary, ABF Commissioner and staff on secondment. Figures inclusive of staff on leave, employees engaged locally and staff based both in Australia and overseas.

Footnotes

  1. * indicates where figures from previous financial years have been updated in the Years at a Glance Table XX. ↩

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