Rights advocates deplore government plan to house deportees on Christmas Island

Evacuees from Wuhan in the Christmas Island Australian Immigration Detention Centre

Evacuees from Wuhan in the Christmas Island Australian Immigration Detention Centre Source: AAP

The Christmas Island detention centre is to be re-opened as the government struggles to deal with Australia's overcrowded immigration detention facilities.



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