Australia met its humanitarian programme plan within 5% in 7 years of 7
- 2013: plan 20kfact 20k
- 2014: plan 14kfact 14k
- 2019: plan 19kfact 19k
- 2022: plan 14kfact 13k
- 2023: plan 18kfact 18k
- 2024: plan 20kfact 20k
- 2025: plan 20kfact 20k
Came true: the fact within 5% of the plan
The plan ranged from 13,750 to 20,000 places a year, and each time almost exactly that many visas were granted. The pandemic year, when the plan was only a ceiling, is left out of the line.
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Each year Australia announces how many places it will give to refugees and others in need of protection. Here the plan is beside the number of visas granted.
A row is one promise: who, what and by when. The question is whether at least half came true. Answer Yes or No, or just open the answer: each row gets its outcome and what actually came of it, the card a stamp counting those that came true. Quotes and links to the facts are below.
- 2013 — Julia Gillard and Chris Bowen Humanitarian Program visas granted per financial year
plan 20,000; fact 20,019
- 2014 — Liberal-National Coalition (Tony Abbott) Humanitarian Program visas granted per financial year
plan 13,750; fact 13,768
- 2019 — Australian Government (Tony Abbott, Peter Dutton, Julie Bishop) Humanitarian Program visas granted per financial year
plan 18,750; fact 18,762
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, joint media release «Syrian humanitarian crisis»
- 2022 — Australian Government Humanitarian Program visas granted per financial year
plan 13,750; fact 13,307
Department of Home Affairs, «About the program» (Refugee and Humanitarian Program)
- 2023 — Australian Government Humanitarian Program visas granted per financial year
plan 17,875; fact 17,875
Department of Home Affairs, «About the program» (Refugee and Humanitarian Program)
- 2024 — Australian Government Humanitarian Program visas granted per financial year
plan 20,000; fact 20,000
Department of Home Affairs, «About the program» (Refugee and Humanitarian Program)
- 2025 — Australian Government Humanitarian Program visas granted per financial year
plan 20,000; fact 20,000
Department of Home Affairs, «About the program» (Refugee and Humanitarian Program)
Plan: government announcements and budget papers. Fact: Australia’s Department of Home Affairs, humanitarian programme reports; each year links its source on the back. Outcome: «came true» — the promised number reached by the deadline («about» within 5%), an event happened before the end of the year promised; «exceeded» — with room to spare; «nearly» — short by no more than 10%; «late» — reached, but after the deadline; «did not come true» — not reached; «came true, then undone» — reached, then reversed. The deadline is the end of the year named.
The 20,000-place plan for 2012–13 was announced by the Gillard government; the 13,750 plan for 2013–14 was the Coalition’s 2013 election promise. In 2020–21 the plan was a ceiling of 13,750 places, and 5,947 visas were granted. In 2022–23, 4,125 places were added to the 13,750 plan.
A question for this picture
If the plan is met to the visa, what does it actually limit: demand or the supply of places?