Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation

Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) is an Australian immigration detention centre in the Melbourne suburb of Broadmeadows. It was built on part of the Maygar Barracks site. It is operated by Serco under contract to the Australian Border Force.^[1]

Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation

Location	Maygar Barracks
Status	Operating
Opened	2008
Street address	120–150 Camp Road Broadmeadows
City	Melbourne
State/province	Victoria
Postal code	3047
Country	Australia

When it was constructed in 2008, it provided short-term hostel-style accommodation using the former officer's mess.^[2] It has since been extended, including a high-security compound opened in 2018. The high-security compound replaced the Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre which was closed at the end of 2018.^[3]

See also

• Immigration detention in Australia