Curtin Immigration Reception and Processing Centre

Part of the centre

Curtin Immigration Detention Centre is an Australian immigration detention facility in the Kimberley in Western Australia at 17°36'14.58"S 123°49'14.28"E. Curtin was described by former Immigration minister, Philip Ruddock, as the country's "most primitive" processing centre. It was shut down by the Howard government following a riot in 2002 but was re-opened in 2010 by its successor - the Rudd-Gillard government. Being run by Serco Asia Pacific who also run Villawood and other detention centres in Australia.[1] The controversial move has been seen by commentators as a reversal by the Australian Labor Party of its policy towards detention.[2][3]

Notable detainees

• Munjed Al Muderis, Iraqi asylum seeker and pioneering Osteointegration surgeon, and human rights activist
• Abdul Hekmat, Hazara refugee and journalist contributing to The Monthly magazine, The Saturday Paper and The Guardian, among other publications

See also

• RAAF Curtin (location of centre)
• List of Australian immigration detention facilities

References

1. "Mixed reaction to reopening of Curtin detention centre". ABC. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
2. "Detention centre a 'living hell hole'". The Age. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
3. "Curtin Detention Centre". Refugee Action Collective (Victoria). April 2010. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.

External links

• Remote Curtin detention centre was closed for a reason

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