Hazara Nation

Lava Kohaupt from the Melaleuca Refugee Centre says usually around 200 refugees come to the Territory every year but since July 2007 only 107 refugees have settled in the Territory.

Ms Kohaupt says the overall migrant intake has almost doubled in Australia since July last year and thinks the reduction could be a processing issue. She says the support centre is struggling.

"We are actually being paid per family arriving so if at the moment we will only have 60 per cent of our anticipated income, some staff have already taken voluntary cut of hours."