Christmas Island

Christmas Island Journal: A Remote Island Seeks a Boom Without a Bust

New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009

Residents of Australia’s Christmas Island are hoping a new immigration detention center can revive the island’s economy.

Asylum seekers in Christmas Island riot

The Age (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

A brawl on Christmas Island involving 150 detainees has injured 37 Afghans and Sri Lankans, several of them seriously.

Asylum seekers in Christmas Island riot

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

A brawl on Christmas Island involving 150 detainees has injured 37 Afghans and Sri Lankans, several of them seriously.

Christmas Island detainees in island brawl

The Age (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

Thirty-seven Afghanis and Sri Lankans have been injured in a massive brawl on Christmas Island involving 150 detainees.

UK needs a Christmas Island: ex-minister

The Age (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

The United Kingdom would like the option to process asylum claims offshore just like Australia, a former British home secretary says.

• UK needs a Christmas Island: ex-minister - Sydney Morning Herald

'Take them to Christmas Island'

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

AUSTRALIA needs to take responsibility for the 78 asylum seekers on a customs ship in Indonesian waters, West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says.

Christmas Island labelled a "New Guantanamo Bay"

Global Visas News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Kevin Rudd's popularity slips as Christmas Island is denounced by human rights campaigners. See more Immigration News

Christmas Island centre 'to be expanded'

Kylie Minogue announces US tour (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

IT'S been revealed that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is planning to double the size of the Christmas Island detention centre.

Christmas Island centre 'to be expanded'

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

It's been revealed that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is planning to double the size of the Christmas Island detention centre.

iPod ban for Christmas Island detainees

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

A scheme that let Christmas Island detainees buy iPods with Federal Government money has been scuppered by Australia's immigration department after impoverished locals objected to it.

iPod ban for Christmas Island detainees

The Age (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

Christmas Island boat people banned from buying IPods with Federal money.

Christmas Island 'violates' rights

The Age (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009

Human rights commissioner proposes two classes of asylum seekers.

Another 'asylum seeker' boat intercepted off Christmas Island

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009

A boat believed to be carrying 32 suspected asylum seekers has been intercepted off Christmas Island.

Capacity raised at Christmas Island: Evans

The Age (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

KEVIN Rudd says Australia will continue seeking the region's help in tackling people smuggling as the Government rearranged its offshore detention centre to hold an extra 200 people.

Minister Evans to visit Christmas Island

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

Federal Immigration Minister Chris Evans is to visit Christmas Island to inspect detention facilities and meet community leaders.