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Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre

Immigration detention facility in Victoria, Australia 1950–2018 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre was an Australian immigration detention facility in Maribyrnong, Victoria. The centre was originally opened in 1950,[1] as the Maribyrnong Migrant Hostel, then later the Midway (Migrant) Hostel in 1969. The Phillip Migrant Hostel was added to the west in 1971.[2]

The Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre was opened in 1983 at the southern tip of the migrant facility. It was set up for people who had over-stayed their visas, had their visa cancelled, or who had been denied entry into the country through international airports and seaports.[3] Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre was operated by Global Solutions Limited, formerly part of Group 4 Securicor on behalf of the Australian Government from 27 August 2003, along with all other Australian immigration detention centres until at least 2009.[4][obsolete source]

The two hostels closed in 1986–87. Most of the original facility (Midway Migrant Hostel) became "The Student Village" (a student accommodation facility for two antecedents of Victoria University, plus RMIT and University of Melbourne) in 1989. Victoria University took over sole responsibility for the student accommodation in the 1990s. In the 2000s what was the Phillip Hostel was demolished and redeveloped as private housing. The Student Village closed in 2016.[2] It was subsequently partially demolished in 2023 for the construction of the new Maidstone tram depot.[5]

In January 2016 a report revealed that Maribyrnong was the harshest immigration prison in Australia, with guards handcuffing and using force against detainees at a far higher rate than in other immigration prisons.[6]

The centre closed on 31 December 2018.[7][8] It then became the Maribyrnong Community Residential Facility in 2020, which offered short-term accommodation for men exiting the prison system.[9]

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