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Hundreds of Commonwealth Games attendants are asking for protection visas

Almost 200 people who came to Australia for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games have applied for refugee visas — a sharp increase from previous estimates.

Key points:

• About 250 people who came to Australia for the Commonwealth Games on non-tourist visas have overstayed their visas
• About 1990 of those people have applied for protection visas
• Another 10-15 have applied for other types of visas, and 50 or so have not been in touch with authorities

Immigration officials told a Senate Estimates committee in Canberra this afternoon about 250 people who came to Australia for the Games were still in the country, even though their visas had expired.

Malisa Golightly, from the Department of Home Affairs, said about 190 of those people had already applied for protection visas.

Another 50 people had not been in touch with authorities, Ms Golightly said, while "around 10 to 15" others had applied for other types of visas.

Athletes from several nations — including members of some African national teams — disappeared from the Commonwealth Games village on the Gold Coast last month.

Refugee advocates had already been helping them with their applications, and have previously said the Government had agreed to "fast-track" some applications.

Greens senator Nick McKim used the hearing to press Home Affairs to deal with their applications speedily.

"Is there an urgency provision the department applies here to try and get them done quickly?" he asked.

"How long can people expect the department will take to assess their claims?"

Ms Golightly said the department would try to assess them as quickly as possible, but would not give a guarantee on timing.

"They will be assessed according to the standard criteria — that part of the process will be the standard process," she said.

More than 8,000 people, including athletes, journalists and support staff, arrived in the country for the Games in early April.

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