Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Center
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The Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Center is located in Maidstone , a suburb of Melbourne , which is approximately eight kilometers west of central Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria . In this internment camp, men and women , especially the so-called boat people , are being held in immigration custody .
In recent times, the camp has become known primarily for the fact that violent clashes are extremely common there. In the period from July 2014 to August 2015, 971 cases were recorded. On average, there were 19 incidents per week in this camp, making this detention center the number one detention center for asylum seekers in Australia.
history
The Maribyrnong Migrants Hostels were originally buildings on the site of the former Maribyrnong ammunition factory, which operated from 1942 to 1945. These buildings were made of prefabricated construction from corrugated iron or steel, which could be erected quickly. It was above all the so-called Nissen huts and Romney huts that first came to Australia in 1949. In the post-war period, there were several hostels in the Melbourne area that were built on unused areas of factories. The numerous Displaced Persons who immigrated to Australia were to be housed in these buildings . At first it was British and Europeans who arrived there, then Asians and South Africans and later also Hungarians, Chileans and Vietnamese who fled political persecution.
These buildings were demolished and the Midway Hostel (1969) and Phillip Center (1971) built. These buildings have been listed on Victoria's List of Historic Monuments since 2008. The structure of the Midway Hostel , which was created from 25 two-story buildings with metric concrete components, is divided into six groups. There were also four laundry buildings, a school building for learning English and a care center for children. The Phillip Center was also built with metric concrete components and consists of a double concentric ring of 15 two-story buildings each, with a walkway between the houses. On the outside of the ring, laundry and drying rooms were assigned to the houses.
The current warehouse was built in 1983. Some of the buildings and the Phillip Center have become a student village complex since 1989 and are used by Melbourne-based Victoria University , RMIT University and the University of Melbourne . In the 1990s, buildings to accommodate families seeking asylum were built in the northern area of the internment camp. In 2002 the camp grounds were fenced off high. In fiscal year 2004/2005, A $ 7 million was made available for renovation and renovation work .
Conditions in the camp
The camp was in 2016 in the daily newspaper Sydney Morning Herald as Australia's harshest (German: roughest ) internment camp for boat people qualified. There were 951 acts of violence in this camp between August 2014 and July 2015. This happened on different occasions and when there were no more than 137 inmates, in which the camp staff used violence to solve problems and conflicts. There was an average of 19 cases per week, the highest in any Australian detention center. The warehouse is operated on behalf of the Australian government by the private security company G4S .
Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton announced at the end of April 2016 that he would close the internment camp in 2018, provided that the occupancy figures continue to fall and buyers can be found with reasonable price offers for the camp.
The Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Center was occupied on February 28, 2017 with a capacity of 75 people with 97 asylum seekers, 91 men and 6 women.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bridie Byrne: Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Center to close with land to be sold , May 6, 2016, on Maribyrnong Leader. Retrieved May 7, 2017
- ^ Former Maribyrnong Migrants Hostels , on Victorian Heritage Database Report, from 2008, on Heritage Council Victoria. Retrieved May 7, 2017
- ↑ Nicole Hasham et al: Australia's harshest detention center revealed , Jan. 21, 2015, on the Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved May 7, 2017
- ↑ Immigration detention statistics ( memento of the original from April 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , dated February 28, 2017, to Department of Immigration and Border Protection . Retrieved May 7, 2017
Coordinates: 37 ° 46 ′ 36.7 ″ S , 144 ° 52 ′ 34.5 ″ E