Key Brief's From The Supplementary Estimates Hearing - Operation Sovereign Borders And Detention, Dated November 2024 ​

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Operation Sovereign Borders (OSB) has prevented maritime people smuggling since its establishment on 18 September 2013, with no successful ventures reaching Australia for nearly 11 years (since December 2013) and no associated deaths at sea during that period. As of 30 September 2024, OSB has intercepted 83 total maritime people smuggling ventures, returning 1,227 people to countries of origin or departure and transferring 1,083 to regional processing countries. In 2024 alone, OSB resolved 11 maritime people smuggling ventures carrying 202 persons, all of whom were either safely returned or transferred to regional processing. Since the last estimates period (31 May–30 September 2024), OSB intercepted 6 ventures affecting 91 people returned and 47 transferred to regional processing countries. Foreign law enforcement partners have disrupted 3,672 potential irregular immigrants