Australian Immigration: Immigration Officials

Protest Protesters Dept: Up to 100 people being held at Sydney's Villawood Detention Center were involved in the riot, which began Wednesday night when two detainees climbed onto a roof, immigration officials said, according to CTV. Around 400 people are held at Villawood. Many of them are asylum seekers, but the facility also houses people who have overstayed their visas and sYDNEY — Asylum seekers and other detainees at an Australian immigration centre set fire to several buildings, climbed onto rooftops and hurled tiles at officials who were scrambling on Thursday to end the chaotic protest. Protesters set an oxygen cylinder alight, which led to an explosion, and fire gutted nine buildings -- including a medical center and dining hall. Firefighters brought the blaze under control early Thursday, and no one was injured. As reported in the news.
@t asylum seekers, oxygen cylinder