Immigration detainees are being restrained multiple times a day to access health care, exercise and other basic services, a watchdog has found.
The Commonwealth National Preventive Mechanism made a pre-announced visit to Melbourne Immigration Detention Centre and Broadmeadows Residential Precinct over three days in April.
The former is a high-security immigration detention facility in Melbourne's north, about 200 metres from the lower-security Broadmeadows Residential Precinct.