North West Point Immigration Detention Centre - Wikipedia
North West Point Immigration Detention Centre, formerly Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre is an Australian immigration detention facility located on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.
Report from the Christmas Island Detention Centre - ASRC
The Christmas Island detention centre holds around 30 men seeking asylum mixed in with about 200 men exiting prisons from across Australia after serving sentences of varying length for crimes of varying severity.
Once the most despised strip of land in Australia, uncertain future ...
Nov 24, 2023 · Christmas Islanders are unsure what will become of the immigration detention centre that has been emptied of detainees as a new contract is negotiated.
People are being forcibly moved from Melbourne to Christmas Island ...
May 3, 2022 · Reports of people held at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) being forcibly moved to the Christmas Island detention centre are concerning as the facilities on the island are woefully inadequate and harmful.
The story of Christmas – and how it was ruined by Australia
Christmas Island was once called the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean. But a detention centre for asylum-seekers is threatening its rare crabs – and enraging the locals.
Immigration detention on Christmas Island - Australian Human …
Dec 1, 2012 · 5 Overview: immigration detention on Christmas Island. The vast majority of the people in immigration detention on Christmas Island are asylum seekers. A small number of crew members are also detained on Christmas Island.
33 suspected asylum seekers reach Christmas Island by boat
May 10, 2024 · Dozens of suspected asylum seekers have been found on Christmas Island after arriving by boat in Australian waters. The ABC has been told the unauthorised maritime arrivals (UAMs) were discovered early on Thursday morning, with their people smuggling vessel destroyed by bad weather.
Clock is ticking: The Australian island facing an uncertain future
Apr 6, 2024 · The Christmas Island Detention Centre was built at a cost of $396 million with hundreds of millions of dollars per year spent on Australian immigration officials and Navy and Australian Border ...
2010 Immigration detention on Christmas Island
Three Commission staff members visited Christmas Island from 28 May to 3 June 2010. The purpose of the visit was to monitor conditions in immigration detention against internationally accepted human rights standards. The activities undertaken during the visit are set out in …
Cost blowouts and human rights concerns: Inside the Howard
A decision to build an offshore detention centre on Christmas Island was fast-tracked despite the "enormous cost" and human rights concerns, according to newly released cabinet documents.