+
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9,
1988
24
$900 MILLION SPENT ON REFUGEES SINCE 1979
TOTAL
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES $900 MILLION,
FROM
THE SECRETARY COUNCIL THE LEGISLATIVE
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON JANUARY 1979 TO DATE WAS APPROXIMATELY FOR SECURITY, THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES, TOLD TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
FROM
HON
FAN,
THE
RITA QUESTION IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A
OF THE GOVERNMENT'S BREAKDOWN THE FOLLOWING GAVE MR BARNES EXPENDITURE ON VIETNAMESE REFUGEES UP TO MARCH THIS YEAR:
YEAR
JANUARY 1979
TO JUNE 1982
(PRIOR TO
IMPLEMENTATION
OF CLOSED CENTRE
POLICY)
JUNE 1982 TO
MARCH 1983
1983/84
1984/85
1985/86
1986/87
1987/88
EXPENDITURE
$271.9M
$80.6M
$98.1M
$102.8M
$117.8M
$122.7M
$126.0M
(ESTIMATE)
$919.9M
OF
COSTS
PRIOR
TO
JUNE
MR BARNES SAID THE ANNUAL BREAKDOWN
1982 WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
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