List of Australian immigration detention facilities
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This is a list of current and former Australian immigration detention facilities. Immigration detention facilities are used to house people who are detained under Australia’s policy of mandatory detention and the Pacific Solution. Most facilities are operated by Australasian Correctional Management under contract from the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA).
| Australian Immigration detention centres | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facility | Status | Classification | Managed | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location |
| Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre | Operational | ? | Australasian Correctional Management | ? | - | 660 (nominal); additional 220 (surge) | Port Augusta |
| Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre | Operational | ? | ? | ? | - | 104 (nominal); additional 104 (surge) | Christmas Island |
| Cocos Island Contingency Reception Centre | Operational | ? | ? | ? | - | ? | West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
| Darwin Immigration Detention Facility | Operational | ? | ? | ? | - | ? | Darwin |
| Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre | Operational | ? | ? | ? | - | 75 (nominal); additional 5 (surge) | Maribyrnong |
| Nauru Detention Centre | Operational | ? | ? | ? | - | ? | Nauru |
| Perth Immigration Detention Centre | Operational | ? | ? | ? | - | 55 (nominal); additional 9 (surge) | Redcliffe |
| Phosphate Hill Immigration Reception and Processing Centre | Closed | ? | ? | 2001 | ? | 500 (nominal) | Christmas Island |
| Port Augusta Residential Housing Project | Operational | ? | ? | ? | - | 40 (nominal); additional 8 (surge) | Port Augusta |
| Port Hedland Immigration Reception and Processing Centre | Closed | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Port Hedland |
| Villawood Immigration Detention Centre | Operational | ? | ? | ? | - | 510 (nominal); additional 190 (surge) | Villawood |
| Woomera Detention Centre | Closed | ? | ? | 1999 | 2003 | ? | Woomera |
| Total capacity | - | ||||||
[edit] References
- Immigration Detention Facilities page at the DIMA website
