Immigration detention is supposed to be for ?administrative purposes?-does this mean ?doing everything unfair to slow down or stop the visa process?? There are only about 20 computers in Curtin detention centre, in a remote desert, 2700?km from perth and very few phones that work, so how do people get legal help or do research for their cases?
To fax a document from Scherger Immigration detention centre located in the remote mining town in Wiepa Queensland, a request has to be made a day in advance. Lawyers who have gone to Curtin have said it is difficult to locate their clients. When a detainee is transferred to another detention centre, DIAC does not inform close family, friends or legal representatives.
Lawyers who have gone to Curtin have said it is difficult to locate their clients. When a detainee is transferred to another detention centre, DIAC does not inform close family, friends or legal representatives.
Even in Maribyrnong IDC and Melbourne Transit accomodation, audio recordings of immigration interviews on CDs cannot be listend to because there are no CD drives on the computers or CD players for people to listen to the recordings in privacy.