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Police security line at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre, Sydney, January 2002

The Villawood Immigration Detention Centre (previously known as the Villawood Migrant Hostel) has housed migrants and refugees since the 1940s. Since the 1980s, it has mainly been used to detain asylum seekers and other people who have arrived in Australia without a travel visa.

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National Library of Australia, nla.obj-148871694

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