$255 Million to Keep Tags on Immigrants Released From Detention

This will include ensuring the released detainees are abiding by curfews, wearing monitors, and complying with visa conditions.

Activists in support of refugees gather outside Park Hotel in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 6, 2022. Diego Fedele/Getty Images

The Albanese Labor Government has announced $255 million (US$167 million) of taxpayer funding to keep an eye on more than 90 immigrants released from detention.

The funding will enable Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Border Force (ABF) to make sure the immigrants are complying with visa conditions, including a joint operation known as Operation AEGIS.