Foreign Criminals in Australia Will Be Sent to Christmas Island: Home Affairs Minister

Foreign Criminals in Australia Will Be Sent to Christmas Island: Home Affairs Minister
A view of the Immigration Detention Center, February 29, 2012 on Christmas Island, Australia. Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
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Australian home affairs minister Peter Dutton is preparing to punt hundreds of foreign criminals facing deportation to a detention centre on Christmas Island.

Australia’s onshore immigration detention centres are struggling to cope with “unlawful non-citizens” who can’t be expelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.