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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. As of 31 December 2023, no people were detained at the centre. [1] The last time it was occupied was August 2023 (36 detainees). [2]
The 3 new immigration detention facilities in Lorengau on Manus Island have security and some services provided by Paladin Group under a contract worth more than $423 million. [citation needed] Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre was once operated by G4S [21] but is now operated by Serco as of April 2019. [22]
Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre: Operational: Maximum: G4Sserco and mss security sec s10, [1] then Serco: 2001–2008 (temporary), 2008–present: 800; [688] Christmas Island: Cocos Island Contingency Reception Centre: Closed: Maximum: Australasian Correctional Management (G4S subsidiary)serco and mss security ...
Fencing surrounding the detention centre on Christmas Island. The Australian government has a policy and practice of detaining in immigration detention facilities non-citizens not holding a valid visa, suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorised arrival, and those subject to deportation and removal in immigration detention until a decision is made by the immigration authorities ...
In his speech, he said that asylum seekers taken to Christmas Island will be sent to Manus Island or elsewhere, where their refugee status will be assessed. The announcement also outlined plans to expand the Manus Island detention facility, from 600 occupants to 3,000. All refugees found to be legitimate will be resettled in Papua New Guinea.
LESBOS, Greece April 16 (Reuters) - Pope Francis took three families of Syrian refugees back to Rome on Saturday after visiting the frontline of Europe's migrant crisis at a camp in Greece where ...
Ukrainian refugees have expressed their shock at spending their second Christmas in the UK and shared their hopes for 2024, including overcoming the trauma of war and building better lives for ...
By 31 March 2019, there were no people held in the detention centre, which had been closed; [8] however as of March 2020, there were 211 refugees and asylum seekers remaining on the island. [9] As of 13 June 2020, a father and son were the last family left on Nauru; there was one single woman and the remaining people were single men.