[Aliantha]

Did you also know that the new detention centre they're building in NT will have a playstation in every room? They'll also have basketball courts and football fields along with computers etc.

While being detained would certainly not be a holiday, there are certain myths surrounding them and the purpose they serve is valuable in many ways.

When boat people etc arrive in Australia, there should be a way of containing them while their health is checked and in most cases treated. Their status as a refugee needs to be confirmed. Also, the items they're carrying need to be assessed.

Did you know that Australian fishermen in the gulf regularly encounter Indonesian camps on the coastline, complete with small crops growing, and poultry and other farm animals in pens, and sometimes not contained at all? This is not a desirable situation and these fisherpeople are clearly breaking many laws, the least of which, to name a couple are illegal fishing and entering the country without a visa, along with endangering native wildlife while breaking any number of quarantine laws. It's quite frightening really.