Australia to re-open Christmas Island detention centre

A political row has blown up in Australia over the decision by the prime minister, Scott Morrison, to re-open a controversial migrant detention centre on Christmas Island. The local government leader of Christmas Island, Gordon Thomson, says they have no facilities to provide anything but the most basic medical care.

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(Photo: Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre, Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, 29 April 2009 Credit: EPA)