Asylum seeker families have been transferred to the Leonora detention centre, joining dozens of unaccompanied minors at the remote facility.
It comes as Immigration Department officials released a group of Sri Lankans and Afghans into the community on bridging visas last week.
The release is only the second since Immigration Minister Chris Bowen announced the change in policy last month.
At the time, he said that he expected at least 100 boat people to be released on the visa every month.
The latest release involved 36 Sri Lankans and Afghans who had spent 15 months or more in immigration detention.
The group have been settled in Adelaide and Melbourne and were released from centres in Queensland and Tasmania and the Curtin detention centre in WA's Kimberley.
Families back in detention at Leonora
Asylum seeker families have been transferred to the Leonora detention centre, joining dozens of unaccompanied minors at the remote facility...