Over 25,000 Have Illegally Lived in Australia for a Decade, FOI Shows

Over 25,000 people have been living in Australia illegally for a decade, according to Home Affairs data, and in total about 77,700 unlawful citizens are still in the country as of June 2025.

Freedom of Information (FOI) figures provided to The Epoch Times on April 17 revealed that of the 77,700 people, about 20,000 have stayed in Australia for less than 12 months.

The figures are further broken down by the:

• 8,600 that have remained for one to two years;
• 5,500 for two to three years;
• 3,800 for three to four years;
• 2,600 have overstayed by four to five years;
• 3,100 for five to six years;
• 2,100 for seven to eight years;
• 1,700 for eight to nine years; and
• 1,500 for nine to 10 years.

About 25,800 people have overstayed for more than 10 years.