Children are taken fishing and run their own library. Four public telephones stand on the five-hectare site and there are two lines for incoming calls. Officials said detainees were free to complain to police, the Commonwealth Ombudsman or the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. They said mail was not censored. Refugees have painted murals and were growing chillies, tomatoes, melons, basil and flowers.
Children feed chooks.
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