Australian government awards Serco $9.9m contract to help non-citizens return home

Contractor has been the subject of allegations of mistreatment while running immigration detentions

The Australian government has awarded a $9.9m contract to Serco to run a program helping return non-citizens to their home countries, a service already being provided by the UN.

The contract was awarded in October and published in December after an open tender process. It runs for two years, at a cost of about $415,000 a month.