(FILES) This file photo taken on August 19, 2001 shows officials (C-in green flight uniforms) questioning a refugee as other refugees (R), mostly believed to be from Iraq, wait in the shade before boarding an Australian Air Force Hercules aircraft on the Australian island territory of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. A top rights watchdog on August 19, 2009 condemned Australia's decision to continue holding refugees in a high-security offshore detention centre despite an official report calling the practice "inhumane". Amnesty International said the government should close the Christmas Island facility, in the Indian Ocean far to the country's northwest, after a parliamentary committee slammed its security measures as excessive. AUSTRALIA OUT AFP PHOTO / FILES / PHIL OAKLEY (Photo credit should read PHIL OAKLEY/AFP/Getty Images)