Guards had still not re-entered the Christmas Island detention centre on Monday afternoon after violent confrontations overnight with Iranian detainees over the death of a compatriot.
Sunday night’s unrest saw fences and walls knocked down and fires started in some sections of the detention centre.
Detainees told Guardian Australia that fear of retribution from Serco’s emergency response team (ERT) was the main concern of people inside the compound, which was now “unliveable”.
The immigration minister, Peter Dutton, told parliament in Canberra that the circumstances around the death of an Iranian refugee, believed to be Fazel Chegeni, whose body was found yesterday after his escape from the centre, were “not suspicious”.
UK-born detainee Mick Tristram said a group of about six Iranians had “started the trouble” by confronting three ERT guards, who retreated as a group of another 20 detainees looked on. Full story...
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Sunday night’s unrest saw fences and walls knocked down and fires started in some sections of the detention centre.
Detainees told Guardian Australia that fear of retribution from Serco’s emergency response team (ERT) was the main concern of people inside the compound, which was now “unliveable”.
The immigration minister, Peter Dutton, told parliament in Canberra that the circumstances around the death of an Iranian refugee, believed to be Fazel Chegeni, whose body was found yesterday after his escape from the centre, were “not suspicious”.
UK-born detainee Mick Tristram said a group of about six Iranians had “started the trouble” by confronting three ERT guards, who retreated as a group of another 20 detainees looked on. Full story...
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