Christmas Island: factfile
15th December 2010
Dozens of asylum seekers are feared to have died after their boat was smashed against the rocks of Christmas Island in rough seas.
Recently, there have been reports of overcrowding at the centre and of detainees being forced to live in tents.
Earlier this year detainees staged a protest over the conditions, sewing their lips together and refusing to eat.
Sounds like a win-win.
What is this widespread assumption that if somebody likes Country A more than his home country, he has some sort of innate right to go to Country A?