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5 Wounded as Riots at Australian Asylum Camp Cause 'Severe' Damage
Australian authorities have regained control of a controversial immigration detention centre, officials said today, after the death of an asylum seeker sparked rioting that led to at least five injuries and widespread damage.
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Australia Moves to Quash Migrant Centre Unrest
Australian police reinforcements poured into remote Christmas Island on Tuesday to help quell unrest at a migrant detention centre, amid reports inmates had armed themselves with machetes and petrol bombs.
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Riot Hits Australia's Christmas Island Migrant Centre
A disturbance broke out Monday at Australia's Christmas Island detention centre, the immigration department said, amid reports rioters seized control of the facility after the death of an asylum seeker.
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Riot in detention centre on Australian island
More than 200 rioters torched buildings and tried to escape a crowded Australian offshore detention centre in an escalation of protests to gain asylum in the country, officials said on Friday.More than 100 police firing non-lethal so-called bean bag rounds and tear gas canisters regained control over the detention centre on Christmas Island after t...
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5 Wounded as Riots at Australian Asylum Camp Cause 'Severe' Damage
Australian authorities have regained control of a controversial immigration detention centre, officials said today, after the death of an asylum seeker sparked rioting that led to at least five injuries and widespread damage.
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Australia Moves to Quash Migrant Centre Unrest
Australian police reinforcements poured into remote Christmas Island on Tuesday to help quell unrest at a migrant detention centre, amid reports inmates had armed themselves with machetes and petrol bombs.
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Riot Hits Australia's Christmas Island Migrant Centre
A disturbance broke out Monday at Australia's Christmas Island detention centre, the immigration department said, amid reports rioters seized control of the facility after the death of an asylum seeker.
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Riot in detention centre on Australian island
More than 200 rioters torched buildings and tried to escape a crowded Australian offshore detention centre in an escalation of protests to gain asylum in the country, officials said on Friday.More than 100 police firing non-lethal so-called bean bag rounds and tear gas canisters regained control over the detention centre on Christmas Island after t...
