Drugs, lack of care make immigration detention 'unsafe'

Inspectors have raised concerns about conditions at WA's Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre. (Cortlan Bennett/AAP PHOTOS)

Drug trafficking and inadequate health care at a high-security Western Australian immigration detention centre are among serious concerns raised by Australian Human Rights Commission inspectors.

Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay led inspectors on a two-day site visit to The Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre in the remote town of Northam, east of Perth, in May 2023, with a report of their findings released on Monday.