180px|Protesters at the gates of Baxter Hundreds of protesters arrived at the Baxter detention centre in the South Australian desert to demonstrate against the incarceration of refugees held there. An additional 300 protesters converged on the home of Immigration Minister Senator, Amanda Vanstone, in the state capital of Adelaide , on their way to Baxter. 180px|Protesters near Baxter People from all over Australia are protesting against the Australian Government's policy of mandatory detention . The first protesters arrived by buses in Port Augusta early Friday morning. Detainees seem split over the protest. The Age reported Detainee Peter Qasim as saying, "It stops people from visiting us, it stops us receiving any calls. It is a good idea to protest but better somewhere other than here." See also
 Hundreds of protesters arrived at the Baxter detention centre in the desert to demonstrate against the incarceration of refugees held there. An additional 300 protesters converged on the home of Immigration Minister , in the state capital of , on their way to Baxter. People from all over Australia are protesting against the Australian Government's policy of . The first protesters arrived by buses in early Friday morning. Detainees seem split over the protest. reported Detainee Peter Qasim as saying, "It stops people from visiting us, it stops us receiving any calls. It is a good idea to protest but better somewhere other than here." Related news
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