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Abdul Aziz Muhammed

Some 600 asylum seekers at the Manus Island detention center in Papua New Guinea have refused to leave after Australian and Papua New Guinean officials formally shut down the camp and cut off power at the camp on October 31st.

Critics warn of a humanitarian crisis for 600 asylum-seekers in an offshore Australian detention camp

November 1, 2017Conflict

About 600 asylum-seekers in an Australian offshore detention camp on Papua New Guinea are hunkering down and refusing to leave. The power has been cut off, there’s no air conditioning and food is running out.

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