An Exhaustive List Of Everyone Australia Has Sent To Christmas Island

    The government spent millions on reopening the Christmas Island detention centre, saying it was necessary because of a now-repealed law to assist sick refugees. Let's do a quick stocktake.

    Hannah Ryan
    by Hannah Ryan

    BuzzFeed News Reporter, Australia

    1. One family of asylum seekers the government is trying to deport.

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    2. More than 100 staff for the detention centre, which, again, currently holds this one family.

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    3. People who might have coronavirus.

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