Iraqi refugee in Manus detention centre warns forced relocations could cost lives

Refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island are warning any forced relocation of people from the Lombrum immigration centre could cost lives. It comes as leaked documents reveal staff contracted by the Australian government have deliberately tried to make conditions at the facility worse and drive people out.

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Refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island have been told they must leave the Australian-funded detention centre so it can close.

 

A Papua New Guinea official reportedly told detainees demolition will begin as early as next week (May 28) - more than a year after the PNG Supreme Court ruled the detention centre was "illegal and unconstitutional".

 

A PNG official has told the more than 800 who remain, they must decide to either return to their country of origin, settle in the PNG community, or relocate to a so-called "transit centre" near the main town of Lorengau.