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	Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre (IRPC) was an Australian immigration detention facility near the village of Woomera in South Australia.
		The Centre was closed in April 2003, and all detainees were transferred to Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre.
		Throughout the controversy, Prime Minister John Howard and successive immigration ministers maintained that their actions at Woomera were justified in the interests of protecting Australia's borders and ensuring that immigration law was enforced.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Woomera_Immigration_Reception_and_Processing_Centre (976 words)

	Australia Immigration Minister - Detention Centres - Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre (IRPC)
		The decision to establish the Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre (IRPC) near Port Augusta, South Australia was announced on 23 August 2001.
		The total number of detainees at the centre as at 21 April 2004 is 230.
		The Baxter IRPC is located on Old Whyalla Road approximately 12 kilometres South-West of the Port Augusta township and is some 275 kilometres North-Norwest of Adelaide.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/31543/20040430/www.minister.immi.gov.au/borders/centres/baxter_idc.htm (1094 words)

	Features: Court rule over children tested
		Their mother, Roqia, is also in Adelaide under medical care after complications with the pregnancy of her sixth child, but will be returned to Baxter and in December appear in court on charges of escaping from Woomera in the attack by activists that tore down wire and released detainees.
		In an earlier report Ozdowski attacked the logic of the centres: “It is wrong to suggest that the integrity of the border protection system is threatened by the small, sad, flotilla of leaky boats with their desperately fragile cargo of asylum seekers,” he said.
		Baxter, where the Bakhtiyaris and fellow inmates moved when Woomera was closed, is the largest and most imposing of the detention centres, built on defence land bordered on one side by the mangroves of the Spencer Gulf and on the other by plains sweeping across to the imposing Flinders Ranges.
	www.cyc-net.org /features/ft-illegalimmigrants.html (1069 words)

	Australian immigration detention facilities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Aerial view of the Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre, showing the desert surrounds.
		Australian immigration detention facilities comprise a number of different facilities throughout Australia and the Pacific Ocean.
		Throughout the controversy, Prime Minister John Howard and successive immigration ministers maintained that their actions were justified in the interests of protecting Australia's borders and ensuring that immigration law was enforced.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Immigration_detention_centres (479 words)

	Australian Immigration Minister - Media Release: Positive response to detention centre tours - Immigration Media ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Philip Ruddock, said today that 375 people took advantage of guided tours to the new Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre near Port Augusta in South Australia.
		The 375 people were shown through the centre in eight groups between 9am and 5.30pm and included one couple who had driven from Adelaide to see the centre.
		"This centre is the first opportunity we have had to build a facility from the ground up without the pressure of large numbers of unauthorised arrivals.
	www.minister.immi.gov.au /media_releases/ruddock_media02/r02063.htm (263 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre
		For much of its operation the detention centre was run by Australiasian Correctional Management (ACM), under a contract with the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.
		She went on to form the One Nation Party, which subsequently won nearly one quarter of the vote in Queensland state elections.
		Prime Minister John Howard's hard line on issues of "border protection" were widely seen as an effort to win One Nation voters back to the Liberal and National parties, and these policies received popular support during this period.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Woomera_IRPC (1193 words)

	Australia and Refugees, 19012002: An Annotated Chronology Based on Official Sources
		In light of protests at Woomera detention centre which involve adults and some children sewing their lips together, Minister Ruddock announces that five unaccompanied minors will be removed for protection from 'the coercion of other adult detainees'.
		A total of $153.7 million over two years is allocated for construction of the reception and processing centre on Christmas Island, plus $34.4 million in commissioning and operating expenses over four years.
		Processing of reviews of the assessments of 159 asylum seekers on Nauru and 30 on Manus results, in the Australian caseload, in 138 (130 Afghans and eight Iraqis) being found not to be refugees and 44 (22 Afghans, 19 Iraqis and three others) granted refugee status.
	www.aph.gov.au /LIBRARY/pubs/online/Refugees_s8.htm (6055 words)

	Immigration Australia :: Full Federal Court :: NAFC v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous ...
		The appellant was in immigration detention at the Immigration Detention Centre at Villawood in Sydney ("Villawood").
		He was immediately taken into custody with a view to his being transported to the Immigration Reception and Processing Centre at Woomera ("Woomera") later that day.
		"Where a person is in immigration detention under this Act, the person responsible for his or her immigration detention shall, at the request of the [detainee],...
	www.australianmigrationspecialists.com.au /cases/immigration_cases.php?id=497 (2585 words)

	The GEO Group, Inc. • Global Facilities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The transition process began with Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre (IDC) in December and was closely followed by the Perth, Port Hedland and Christmas Island centres.
		Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre was transferred to the new service provider, Global Solutions Limited (GSL) on 19 January and Villawood IDC will follow on 29 February.
		This group was responsible for creating a blueprint for each centre to follow during the crucial transition period.
	members.optusnet.com.au /~wsdavidson/Feb042.htm (411 words)

	Children in detention (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Port Hedland was the first remote Immigration Reception and Processing Centre (IRPC commissioned by the Department of Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (the Department or DIMIA) as) in Western Australia, to hold and process asylum seekers pending resolution of their cases.
		In 1999-2000, a total of 976 children were in immigration detention; 1,923 children in 2000-2001; 1,696 children in 2001-2002 and 703 children in 2002-2003.
		Nearly all children were held in high security immigration detention centres while their refugee status was being determined.
	www.justiceforrefugees.asn.au /library/children.php (1025 words)

	Australian Immigration Minister - Media Release: Long-Term Strategy for Immigration Detention Facilities - Immigration ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Philip Ruddock, today announced the outcome of a Government review of mainland immigration detention facilities.
		The Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre, under construction near Port Augusta in South Australia, is expected to be ready for commissioning in the middle of the year.
		The establishment of Australia's first permanent purpose designed and built immigration reception and processing facility on Christmas Island.
	www.minister.immi.gov.au /media_releases/ruddock_media02/r02026.htm (366 words)

	IRR: Private security firms suggest new removals regime
		Group 4 Falck, Britain's biggest immigration detention company, today called for the right to report 'disruptive' detainees to the immigration authorities so that asylum seekers' behaviour in detention be taken into account when decisions on refugee status are made.
		The centre manager admitted to Inspector of Prisons, Sir David Ramsbotham, in his unannounced inspection of the centre in October 1997 that 'both the May and August 1997 disturbances had probably been caused by the removal arrangements for a few detainees'.
		Ramsbotham also commented in his report of the inspection: 'It is frankly unsound and unsafe to hold people within a secure perimeter without clear rules and sanctions governing their behaviour, and without statutory duties and obligations being imposed on the staff who look after them.
	www.irr.org.uk /2003/january/ha000015.html (1313 words)

	United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Jurisprudence - Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In the present case, the claims were promptly processed: Mrs Bakhtiyari's application, made on 21 February 2001, was refused by the original decision-maker on 22 May 2001.
		Cancellation of the visa would result in being placed in immigration detention, and thus it was not considered appropriate to release the children into his care.
		As a result, the continuation of immigration detention for Mrs Bakhtiyari and her children for length of time described above, without appropriate justification, was arbitrary and contrary to article 9, paragraph 1, of the Covenant.
	www.unhchr.ch /tbs/doc.nsf/0/8662db397d948638c1256de2003b3d6a?OpenDocument (7985 words)

	F.P.S.S Political Prisoners
		In Amnesty International's view, delays in a refugee determination process, whether caused by appeals or other factors, are not sufficient justifications to continue an asylum seeker's detention.
		Baxter IDC · Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre (IRPC) has a notional capacity of 880.
		This number comprises 224 adult men, 30 adult women and 44 children.* These figures are only for those persons detained in the Baxter* Immigration Reception and Processing Centre (IRPC) and are accurate as at the date and time of the census.
	www.phaseloop.com /foreignprisoners/political/australia.html (1198 words)

	'Guantanamo' under construction on Australian Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Department of Immigration (DIMIA) said that when construction of the Christmas Island facility was finished, a review was likely to be taken to close some mainland detention centres such as Baxter in South Australia.
		Mr Thompson, who is opposed to the imprisonment of refugees, said the centre was being built on the island in an effort to avoid public scrutiny from mainland Australians.
		The centre, under construction since January this year, is not due to be operational until late 2006.
	www.juiceenewsdaily.com /1105/news/guan.html?1133248627187 (1146 words)

	HREOC Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
		Whilst we believe the detention centre environment is harmful for all children, we are particularly concerned that children with disability and unaccompanied minors are especially vulnerable in the detention environment.
		The Minister for Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs is the guardian of all unaccompanied minors in detention centres.
		The purpose of the case studies is to illustrate a particular area of concern in relation to children with disability in immigration detention centres, not to highlight the plight of a particular individual.
	www.hreoc.gov.au /human_rights/children_detention/submissions/mdaa.html (10191 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Australia shakes up migrant camps
		Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said the decision was partly due to the falling number of boat people trying to get Australia.
		With no new arrivals, the population dwindles every week as asylum claims are processed and migrants either deported or released.
		A new mainland camp, Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre, near the remote mining town of Port Augusta in South Australia, will be ready next year, Mr Ruddock said.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1923260.stm (473 words)

	Children should not be locked up - theage.com.au
		The children had been detained, in South Australia, first at the Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre and later at the Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre, facilities operated on behalf of the Federal Government.
		This is akin to the parens patriae (literally the "parent of the country") jurisdiction the English courts exercised on behalf of the sovereign.
		The Family Court determined that its welfare jurisdiction extends to the protection of children in immigration detention.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/06/21/1056119516422.html (781 words)

	Print Article: Children should not be locked up
		Children in such circumstances have been imprisoned - that is, in effect, the function that these detention centres serve - but it was not even this point that most concerned the Family Court.
		In real terms, given the time that some of these cases take to find their way through the judicial system, there is a very real chance that detainees' children could spend long periods of their childhood behind wire in some remote detention centre.
		"If the Minister [for Immigration, Philip Ruddock] is correct, this can only be brought to an end by the actions of their parents or the children attaining a sufficient capacity to make a request for repatriation themselves.
	www.theage.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/06/21/1056119516422.html (682 words)

	ESCAPE FROM WOOMERA
		As a detainee at the infamous Woomera Detention Centre, you have a limited period of time in which to try and gain asylum, or if all else fails, plan and execute your escape into an uncertain world beyond the razor-wire fence.
		With the media effectively locked out of immigration detention centres, what goes on behind the razor-wire remains largely a mystery to the Australian public.
		Many of the real-life challenges faced by refugees within the mandatory detention system and the asylum application process will be translated into game-play elements to be experienced ‘first hand’ by the player.
	www.escapefromwoomera.com /design.htm (640 words)

	Port Hedland detention centre to close (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Port Hedland Immigration Reception and Processing Centre is set to be mothballed by the end of June.
		All of the detainees are long-term, their stay in immigration detention ranging between two years and eight months to six years.
		Baxter is a custom-built facility designed to break detainees psychologically, to the point where they will give up all hope and accept repatriation to dangerous and often life threatening situations.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/2004/583/583p6b.htm (705 words)

	Report Of Justice P. N. Bhagwati Re Woomera
		The Act provides that persons in immigration detention shall, upon request, be afforded all reasonable facilities for making a statutory declaration for the purposes of the Act or for obtaining legal advice or taking legal proceedings in relation to their detention.
		While the challenge before the court is in theory possible - persons in immigration detention do have the ability to challenge the lawfulness of their detention under domestic law -, the simple fact that the Act stipulates that all unlawful non-citizens must be detained, restricts the courts from reviewing the decision to detain.
		The situation in the detention centres seems to be bedevilled by a lack of transparency and proper accountability mechanisms.
	jmm.aaa.net.au /articles/1364.htm (5766 words)

	Detention company fined over breaches - Breaking News - National - Breaking News
		GSL Australia, which operates the country's detention centres, broke South Australian and West Australian laws when it employed psychologists who were not registered in the state in which they provided services, the federal government revealed.
		Acting Immigration Minister John Cobb said GSL had been slapped with hefty fines as a result of the breaches.
		She asked Mr Cobb if he was aware that the South Australian Psychological Board pursued the matter and found some psychologists working at Baxter were not registered, in contravention of South Australian law, and further breaches would be referred to the Crown Solicitor's office for prosecution.
	www.smh.com.au /news/National/Detention-company-fined-over-breaches/2005/10/17/1129401189687.html (534 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Australia may release some detainees in immigration detention centres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A security guard keeps watch outside the Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre in South Australia, which currently holds 266 detainees.
		The Prime Minister says while the government's immigration policy is not biased in favour of Christians, concerns about religious persecution are taken into account.
		Supporters of Australia's longest-held immigration detainee, Peter Qasim say they are heartened by news that the government may be considering the policy changes that could see him released.
	www.radioaustralia.net.au /news/stories/s1327726.htm (581 words)

	Comparisons - Seeking Asylum :: Glossary
		People arriving without authority are confined in detention centres until they are granted a visa to remain in Australia or they leave the country, voluntarily or otherwise.
		This centre was opened in mid-2002; however, the island has now been excised by law (see Border Protection) and is no longer part of Australia for immigration purposes.
		The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs is responsible for guidelines and general policy direction but is not empowered to direct the tribunal.
	www.survival-comparisons.org.au /defs.htm (2048 words)

	Its A Matter Of Opinion » Blog Archive » Loony News (Friday, May 13, 2005)
		Baxter IRPC accommodates 660 detainees (nominal capacity) and has a contingency capacity for an additional 220 detainees (surge capacity).
		The total number of detainees at Baxter IRPC as at 11 May is 228.
		Baxter IRPC is an essential element in the Government's long term strategy for immigration detention facilities in respect of unauthorised boat arrivals.
	www.observationdeck.org /weblogs?p=606 (1604 words)

	LL:DDA: RASSA Fundraising Dinner in the ACT on 19th August
		Our office provides the central point of contact for people detained at Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre (and in the past Woomera) who are seeking legal representation in their appeal process.
		While there are a large number of organizations and individuals across Australia who also contribute to this process, RASSA is the only community legal centre that is focused solely on the legal representation of asylum seekers in immigration detention.
		However, the work involved in ensuring that applicants before the Federal Court have the benefit of this new interpretation of the privative clause is substantial.
	www.mail-archive.com /leftlink@vicnet.net.au/msg06152.html (527 words)

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