Coalition plans to transfer refugees and asylum seekers currently detained in Melbourne and Sydney
The Australian government will reopen the detention facility on the remote territory of Christmas Island to house people currently in immigration detention on the Australian mainland.
The Australian Border Force confirmed on Tuesday evening that people currently in immigration detention will be “temporarily” transferred to the facility at North West Point on Christmas Island, where Australians returning from Wuhan were held in the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic.
Continue reading…Coalition plans to transfer refugees and asylum seekers currently detained in Melbourne and SydneyThe Australian government will reopen the detention facility on the remote territory of Christmas Island to house people currently in immigration detention on the Australian mainland. The Australian Border Force confirmed on Tuesday evening that people currently in immigration detention will be “temporarily” transferred to the facility at North West Point on Christmas Island, where Australians returning from Wuhan were held in the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading…