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What is Christmas Island ?

Can anyone explain to be what christmas island is for. The internet keeps saying an asylum. Doesthat mean it has a big facility on the island where they send people or is it a island with civilan people living there? How about Population?

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1. The Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It is located 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, 500 km (310 mi) south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and 975 km (606 mi) ENE of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. It has a population of 1,403 residents who live in a number of "settlement areas" on the northern tip of the island: Flying Fish Cove (also known as Kampong), Silver City, Poon Saan, and Drumsite. The island’s geographic isolation and history of minimal human disturbance has led to a high level of endemism amongst its flora and fauna, which is of significant interest to scientists and naturalists.[2] Phosphate, deposited as guano, has been mined on the island for many years. 63% of its 135 square kilometres (52 sq mi) is an Australian national park. There exist large areas of primary rainforest.
2. It's all the above plus it has a detention centre currently filled to overflowing with illegal immigrants waiting to be processed to assess their eligibility for entry into Australia...
3. Christmas Island is the place that paranoid governments and racist populations see people seeking political asylum sent. It's a blight on Australia and contravenes international Human Rights in a number of ways. The fact is: the majority of illegal immigrants that come to Australia arrive by aeroplane...
4. Christmas Island is very, very aptly named. If you are an absolute nobody in the world, no papers or ID, just landing there gets you all your Christmases at once. Congratulations, you are now an Australian!