Northern Immigration Detention Centre
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Northern Immigration Detention Centre is a facility operated by the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship to house people and process their applications concerning immigration detention. It is located at Coonawarra
, an outer Darwin
suburb and is described as primarily accommodating illegal foreign fishers. It has an operating capacity of 554 people.
On 30 August 2010 100 detainees staged a riot and climbed on the roofs of buildings in the facility. The following day 90 Afghan inmates escaped and staged a peaceful protest along the side of the Stuart Highway
nearby.
Coonawarra, Northern Territory
Coonawarra is an eastern suburb in the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia.Defence Establishment Berrimah and Darwin Detention Centre is located in Coonawarra. The origin of the name is derived from the aboriginal word for “Swan”....
, an outer Darwin
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
suburb and is described as primarily accommodating illegal foreign fishers. It has an operating capacity of 554 people.
On 30 August 2010 100 detainees staged a riot and climbed on the roofs of buildings in the facility. The following day 90 Afghan inmates escaped and staged a peaceful protest along the side of the Stuart Highway
Stuart Highway
The Stuart Highway is one of Australia's major highways. It is a segment of Australia's Highway 1 extending from Darwin, Northern Territory, in the north, via Tennant Creek and Alice Springs, to Port Augusta, South Australia, in the south—a distance of...
nearby.