Peter Dutton is frustrated that hundreds of athletes and officials who came to Australia for the Commonwealth Games are still in the country after lodging claims for protection.
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More than 200 people have had their asylum bids rejected since disappearing from the Gold Coast last year.
They have gone on to challenge the decisions at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
"It's a frustrating process and we've just got to try and get through that as quickly as possible and have them deported from our country," Mr Dutton told 2GB Radio on Thursday.
"It's a price you pay, unfortunately, when you have these international events."
Another 13 athletes and officials are still on the loose.
"There will be some people that have just gone to ground and some people that are using assumed identities," Mr Dutton said.
"The police will work with border force to identify those people, they'll be located, and as I say they'll be deported as quickly as we can."
More than 6600 athletes and officials from 71 nations came to the Gold Coast for the 11-day Commonwealth Games in April 2018.
Australian Associated Press
