Parts of the main Christmas Island detention centre burnt as protests by 250 asylum seekers turned violent last night. Meanwhile, a 20 year old Afghan man has died overnight in the Scherger centre in ...

Federal police remain in control of the immigration detention centre on Christmas Island. Buildings and tents within the island's detention centre were set ablaze overnight, continuing four days of ...

Since that time, however, the only detainees held on the island have been Nadesalingam Murugappan, known as Nades, his wife, ...