GUARDS had to fire rubber bullets into a crowd of angry detainees to regain control after an early morning brawl broke out at the Carmichael Road Immigration Detention Centre.

According to a senior officer at the centre, the men were queuing up for breakfast when a fight started in the men's bathroom.

He said a Haitian man was reportedly using a stall when he was told to "get out" by a Cuban detainee.

The two men got into an argument which quickly drew a crowd, some of whom became involved. It is unclear how many detainees took part in the incident, but police were said to have a Cuban man and two Haitians in custody last night.

Guards fired a number of warning shots in the ...

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