An estimated 9000 people marched through Melbourne on Sunday demanding the Abbott government close the trouble-plagued immigration detention centre in Nauru.
A former child detainee at Nauru joined protesters at the State Library of Victoria to rally against the centre.
Mohammad Baqiri joined the Palm Sunday Walk for Justice rally to speak about his experiences as a child detainee on Nauru.
Refugee Action Collective spokesman Chris Breen said Australia's offshore detention system "is both brutal and unsustainable".
The rally began at 2pm at the State Library with protesters marching about a kilometre to Queen Victoria Gardens on St Kilda Road while chanting condemnations of the government's asylum seeker policy.
Representations of several churches led the march, along with former refugees.
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