Refugee budget climbs $1.3b

By Bianca Hall
Updated April 18 2018 - 10:36pm, first published February 12 2013 - 3:00am

The Australian immigration budget has increased by $1.3 billion over four years, as the government prepares to expand the humanitarian visa program to 20,000 each year.

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