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Human smuggling a sea of troubles

Christmas Island sounds like a festive place. Human-rights groups have another name for it: Australia's Guantanamo Bay.

Christmas Island sounds like a festive place. Human-rights groups have another name for it: Australia's Guantanamo Bay. The remote territory's mandatory-detention centre, fenced with barbed wire, is the first stop for waves of asylum seekers arriving by boat. It has been rocked by angry riots, protests and hunger strikes. Take a tour of Christmas Island with the Times Colonist's Katie DeRosa, who was given a rare look at the centre and other immigration facilities across Australia.

>MONITOR, D1: PART TWO IN A SEVEN-PART SERIES

> For extended versions of stories in the series, videos, blog entries and photos, visit timescolonist.com/news/humansmuggling