Grounds for Detention Reviews

‘Grounds’ refers to the relevant section of the IRPA under which each detention review is founded. Please note that an individual can be detained on more than one ground and may be subject to more than one detention review depending on the length of detention.

Grounds for Detention Reviews by Region

58(1)a) Danger to the Public58(1)b) Flight Risk58(1)c) Reasonable Suspicion58(1)d) Identitiy-PC58(1)e) Identity-DFN
2021 (January to March)​
National332 1,118 32 40 0
Eastern142 309 13 21 0
Central126 509 11 6 0
Western64 300 8 13 0
2020​
National1,3865,4621784980
Eastern630
1,774
63
283
0
Central467
2,438
56
108
0
Western289
1,250
59
107​
0
2019
National1,656 10,612 439 1,740 0
Eastern638 3,724 300 1,227 0
Central649 4,848 43 262 0
Western369 2,040 96 251 0
2018
National1,7629,5523711,4490
Eastern7693,0432419700
Central6934,795442360
Western3001,714862430
2017
National1,69210,0912431,0920
Eastern7603,1281276620
Central6955,081141590
Western2371,8821022710
2016
National1,67411,4821051,0620
Eastern6063,060275950
Central8666,691262410
Western2021,731522260
2015
National2,03813,0811841,1800
Eastern6033,037807150
Central1,2268,063392350
Western2091,981652300
2014
National2,45914,275698370
Eastern7613,019135560
Central1,4869,114391150
Western2122,142171660
2013
National2,38216,516237740
Eastern7052,92024720
Central1,57811,257202170
Western992,3391850
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