'Conditions are appalling and fuelling rising client tensions.' Photo: Angela Wylie
A top immigration official repeatedly warned of ''filthy'' and ''squalid'' living conditions for asylum seekers months before a riot engulfed a Darwin detention centre, new documents reveal.
A damning internal assessment of the Northern Immigration Detention Centre (NIDC) warns of a string of maintenance problems and substandard care at the facility housing almost 500 asylum seekers.
'Squalid' warning pre-dated riot
'Conditions are appalling and fuelling rising client tensions.' Photo: Angela Wylie A top immigration official repeatedly war...