Curtin Immigration Detention Centre is an Australian immigration detention facility at the RAAF Base Curtin in the

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region of

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. Curtin was described by former immigration minister Philip Ruddock as the country's "most primitive" processing centre. It was shut down by the

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following a riot in 2002 but was re-opened in 2010 by its successor – the

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– Gillard government. The controversial move has been seen by commentators as a reversal by the

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of its policy towards detention. It is run by

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Asia Pacific, who also run Villawood and other detention centres in Australia.

Notable detainees

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, Iraqi asylum seeker and pioneering Osteointegration surgeon, and human rights activist * Abdul Hekmat, Hazara refugee and journalist contributing to ''

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'', and other publications

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Remote Curtin detention centre was closed for a reason
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Notable detainees

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