Statistics of Asylum Seekers Arriving in Australia

Onshore asylum applications lodged, 2001-02 to 2011-12

Year	Protection Visa applications (non-IMAs*)	Protection requests from IMAs*	Total onshore applications
2001-02	7,026	2,222	9,248
2002-03	4,960	60	5,020
2003-04	3,485	87	3,572
2004-05	3,062	146	3,208
2005-06	3,191	101	3,292
2006-07	3,723	23	3,746
2007-08	3,987	21	4,008
2008-09	5,027	668	5,762
2009-10	5,986	4,579	10,565
2010-11	6,337	5,174	11,511
2011-12	7,036	7,379	14,415

*Irregular Maritime Arrivals

Primary grant rate (non-IMAs), 2006-07 to 2011-12

Year	Grants	Refusals	Total decisions	Grant rate
2006-07	896	2,719	3,615	24.8%
2007-08	1,295	2,413	3,708	34.9%
2008-09	1,598	2,982	4,580	34.9%
2009-10	1,708	3,039	4,747	36.0%
2010-11	1,389	4,105	5,494	25.3%
2011-12	1,467	4,325	5,792	25.3%

Refugee Review Tribunal outcomes (non-IMAs), 2006-07 to 2011-12

Year	Affirmed	Set aside	Withdrawn	No jurisdiction	Total decisions	Remit rate*
2006-07	2,202	629	52	199	3,102	22.2%
2007-08	1,661	422	33	202	2,318	20.3%
2008-09	1,787	468	29	178	2,462	20.8%
2009-10	1,540	514	21	82	2,157	25.0%
2010-11	1,814	626	53	110	2,603	25.7%
2011-12	1,899	748	86	69	2,802	28.3%

*Excludes cases which were withdrawn or in which it was found that the RRT had no jurisdiction to review the case.

Final grant rate (non-IMAs), 2006-07 to 2011-12

Year	Grants	Refusals	Total decisions	Grant rate
2006-07	1,692	2,651	4,343	39.0%
2007-08	1,898	2,107	4,005	47.4%
2008-09	2,173	2,618	4,789	45.3%
2009-10	2,365	2,271	4,636	51.0%
2010-11	2,101	2,739	4,840	43.4%
2011-12	2,272	2,887	5,159	44.0%

Primary grant rate (IMAs), 2008-09 to 2010-11

Year	Grants	Refusals	Total decisions	Grant rate
2008-09	209	0	209	100%
2009-10	2,133	732	2,865	74.5%
2010-11	2,001	3,217	5,218	38.3%
2011-12	2,721	1,104	3,825	71.1%

Independent review outcomes (IMAs), 2009-10 to 2011-12

Year	Affirmed	Overturned	Total decisions	Overturn rate
2009-10	55	28	83	66.3%
2010-11	929	190	1,119	83.0%
2011-12	2,224	474	2,698	82.4%

Final grant rate (IMAs), 2008-09 to 2011-12

Year	Grants	Refusals	Total decisions	Grant rate
2008-09	209	0	209	100%
2009-10	2,151	28	2,179	98.7%
2010-11	2,719	190	2,909	93.5%
2011-12	4,766	474	5,240	91.0%

Asylum seekers arriving by boat, by financial year, 1 July 1975 to 30 June 2012

Year	Number of boats	Number of people		Year	Number of boats	Number of people*
1975-76	1	5		1994-95	21	1,071
1976-77	7	204		1995-96	14	589
1977-78	43	1432		1996-97	13	365
1978-79	6	351		1997-98	13	157
1979-80	2	56		1998-99	42	921
1980-81	1	30		1999-2000	75	4,175
1981-82	0	0		2000-01	54	4,137
1982-83	0	0		2001-02	19	3,039
1983-84	0	0		2002-03	0	0
1984-85	0	0		2003-04	3	82
1985-86	0	0		2004-05	0	0
1986-87	0	0		2005-06	8	61
1987-88	0	0		2006-07	4	133
1988-89	0	0		2007-08	3	25
1989-90	3	224		2008-09	23	985
1990-91	5	158		2009-10	117	5,327
1991-92	3	78		2010-11	89	4,730
1992-93	4	194		2011-12	110	7,983
1993-94	6	194		Total	689	36,706

*Excludes crew.

Asylum seekers arriving by boat, by calendar year, 1 January 1976 to 31 December 2012

Year	Number of boats	Number of people		Year	Number of boats	Number of people
1976	-	111		1995	7	237
1977	-	868		1996	19	660
1978	-	746		1997	11	339
1979	-	304		1998	17	200
1980	-	0		1999	86	3,721
1981	-	30		2000	51	2,939
1982	-	0		2001	43	5,516
1983	-	0		2002	1	1
1984	-	0		2003	1	53
1985	-	0		2004	1	15
1986	-	0		2005	4	11
1987	-	0		2006	6	60
1988	-	0		2007	5	148
1989	1	26		2008	7	161
1990	2	198		2009	60	2,726
1991	6	214		2010	134	6,555
1992	6	216		2011	69	4,565
1993	3	81		2012	278	17,202
1994	18	953		Total	836	48,856

Information found at: http://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/r/stat-as.php