Calls for detainee evacuations after latest Manus violence

Refugee advocates are calling for detainees from the Australian-funded immigration processing centre on Papua New Guinea to immediately be brought to Australia after violence erupted last night. (Friday April 15) The Australian government says monitoring is in place, after shots were fired at the Manus Island facility. The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has confirmed what it says was an incident at the Manus Island detention centre involving detainees and Papua New Guinea military personnel, with reports a weapon was discharged into the air. A spokesman for the Department says the matter is being investigated by P-N-G authorities. The Melbourne-based Human Rights Law Centre says Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull must immediately evacuate the camp and bring the men to safety in Australia. The Manus Island detention centre is due to close on October 31. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says people currently detained on Manus Island will not be coming to Australia, no matter how hard refugee advocates push.

The Manus Island detention centre. (AAP) Source: The Manus Island detention centre. (AAP)