On August 23, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) reported that a 30-year-old man found unconscious in the Curtin Immigration Detention Centre in Western Australia had died.
After his collapse on August 21, the man was taken to Derby hospital, 40 kilometres away. That night, he was transferred to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, more than 2000km south of Derby. He died the next day.
DIAC would not tell 91自拍论坛 Weekly the man鈥檚 name, but said it didn鈥檛 believe there were suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. A Coronial inquiry
Villawood Immigration Detention Centre
: "The six asylum seekers that are still at large after escaping from Villawood Detention Centre are in the right place---out of the Villawood hell-hole, and in the community where they belong," Duncan Roden, Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Parramatta, said today.
Fijian-born Roden visited Villawood Detention Centre two days ago, along with 17 refugee rights activists to examine conditions.
I wasn鈥檛 really sure what to expect from the Villawood detention centre. Most of what I knew came from mainstream media, which usually ignores a particular perspective: that of the refugees themselves.
鈥淨ueue-jumpers鈥, 鈥渆xpensive鈥, 鈥渦nwelcome鈥, 鈥渟hould be sent back鈥 are common themes. This rhetoric reduces asylum seekers and their experiences to nothing more than blood-sucking parasites looking for a warm place to nestle.
鈥淏oat people鈥 make up only 3% of all refugees coming to Australia. The rest arrive in planes. Where鈥檚 all the hype about 鈥減lane people鈥?
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