The Divine Dissimulation [Complete]

Chapter 16 The Lunar Detention Centres.

Mars in the 28th century was plagued by eternal wars between its nations, civil wars, and unrest among the civilian population. The major cause for the unrest was the constant lack of resources.  The major factions of Earth also often used Mars as a staging ground for their conflicts. While the Terran Council upheld the peace on Earth, there was nothing in its charters that stopped the Terran factions from waging wars by aiding different sides in wars on other planets. In 2785 House White and House Rashid had been stuck in a long-winded proxy-war on Mars for the last decade displacing and killing millions of Martians. 

There was a sentiment among many Martians that Earth was the homeworld of all human beings and that it was every person's right to live there in peace and prosperity.  Neither the Terran Council nor most Terran citizens shared this notion as Terran citizenship almost guaranteed a happy and wealthy life due to the accumulation of resources and the limited population on Earth. The Terran Council wanted to keep Earth safe and sparsely populated and to ensure this, no Martians could stay on Earth.  The Terran Council detained any Martian detected on Earth or en-route to Earth.

Despite this, there was a significant stream of Martians trying their luck moving to Earth. The Martians did this, because large parts of Earth was uninhabited due to the limited population so there was a lot of places where Martians could live off the land undetected for extended periods of time.  Living this way was better than life on Mars, but they got caught eventually, as the Terran Council searched the uninhabited areas regularly.

Life in the detention centres was meant to be rough and inhumane to serve as a warning for everyone thinking of coming to Earth uninvited. Located on the far side of the moon to avoid insight and to stop the refugees from communicating with people on Earth conditions here were deplorable, with starvation, disease, and cramped conditions.

No Terrans worked at the detention centres as it was considered unnecessary, dangerous, and expensive. Instead, the Terran Council occasionally dropped food and provisions from orbit to keep the prisoners alive. There was a military task force stationed close to the Kaguya detention centres to prevent outsiders from helping the prisoners to escape the detention centres.