The Centre for Islamic Thought and Education’s Ramila Chanisheff says the land in Xinjiang is very rich in natural resources, hence why the Uyghur people have been pillaged, destroyed and forced into concentration camps by China.

“Concentration camps have always existed, but probably from 2016 onwards there’s a very credible report from the ASPI which has done satellite imaging which proves that there is 380 prisons currently,” Ms Chanisheff told Sky News.

“Having more than anything between one-and-a-half million to three million in these concentration camps.”

Ms Chanisheff said the concentration camps “have always been, or are attached to factories” which produce by-products and products which are “sold to the Western World”.

“It’s forced labour, it’s organ harvesting,” she said.

“East Turkestan sits on the Silk Route so it’s very rich in natural resources … hence the occupation and the pillage and the destruction of the Uyghur people.”