Suicide and self-harm have been enduring issues among asylum-seekers and others detained in Australian immigration detention centres (IDCs).However, there have recently been five suicides in the six months up to the time of writing (late April 2011) in a population of approximately 8,000.This is unprecedented.All but one of these cases involved asylum-seekers and all still require coronial review.There have also been countless acts of voluntary starvation, self-harm and suicide attempts, including a number of near misses, along with riots and burning of buildings.