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| Manus Island: Refugees refuse to leave Australian camp amid safety fears | |
| 2017-10-31 | |
[BBC] Refugees
Detainees, fearing for their safety after crowds reportedly gathered chanting "don't come out", argue that closure will breach their human rights. Australia holds asylum seekers arriving by boat in camps on PNG's Manus Island and the small Pacific nation of Nauru. The Manus Island centre is due to close after it was ruled unconstitutional. However many of those in the camp argue that its closure, ordered by a PNG court and initially scheduled for Tuesday, will deny them access to water, electricity and security. The local authorities said these provisions would cease at 17:00 local time (07:00 GMT), and that PNG defence authorities could enter the centre as early as Wednesday. | |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 And what Obama's state dept promised for the 1500? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-10-31 10:19 |
| #3 Wonder what it costs the state to capture, subdue, transport and support these...people? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-10-31 10:18 |
| #2 will deny them access to water, electricity and security Huh...utilities as basic human rights. Who knew? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-10-31 10:17 |
| #1 “We trained hard—but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into Two-up teams we were......" |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-10-31 06:28 |