Port Hedland Immigration Reception and Processing Centre
On 5 May 1991 the Australian Government requisitioned BHP’s defunct single men’s quarters in Port Hedland to use as a detention centre for refugees fleeing civil conflict in Cambodia.
This significant moment in Australian history was a key step in the development of a policy of mandatory detention applied to people arriving in Australia without a visa, regardless of their method of arrival.
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Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, June 2002
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