Facebook Twitter Pinterest Refugees and asylum seekers inside the Manus Island detention centre, which is to be closed on Tuesday. At the heart of the policy is a single goal – to get asylum seekers to stop traveling to Australia by boat. Midway through 2015 leaked documents revealed widespread failings in the healthcare services provided by IHMS in detention centres, including Manus Island. Damage to the detention centre on Manus Island after shots were fired at it. Fijian news reported on Friday that 42 Fijian security workers had been sent to Manus Island, contracted for a year.

Source: The Guardian October 29, 2017 16:52 UTC