Workers at detention centres call for closures

Asylum seekers on Manus Island

Asylum seekers on Manus Island Source: AAP

More than a hundred current and former workers at Australia's detention centres in Nauru and Manus Island have signed a statement calling on the federal government to immediately close both detention facilities.


E ova i le toa selau tagata faigaluega, ma nisi na faigaluega i nofoaga saisai i Nauru ma Manus Island ua latou sainia se tusi e talosagaina ai le malo tele e tapunia nei nofoaga saisai i ia motu o le Pasefika ma aumai uma tagata sulufa'i i Ausetalia nei.

 

O i latou nei e aofia ai foma'i faia'oga ma tagata faigaluega fesoasoani.

 

O lo latou sainia o lenei tusi, ua latou solia ai le feagaiga na latou sainia ma le malo tele i faamatalaga puipuia i lalo o le Australian Border Force Act.

 

Ma ua faia lenei tusi talu ona liki pepa ma lipoti e ova i le 2 afe mai le nofoaga saisai i Nauru o loo faaalia ai le tele o sauaga na feagai poo loo feagai ma tagata sulufai.

 

O le tamaitai o Judith Reen na galue o se faia'oga i Nauru ma Manus Island i le 2013 e tau i le 2015.

 

Na ia ta'ua le leai o ni tulafono e malu puipuia ai aia tatau a tagata sulufa'i...

 

REEN

 

"What concerns me most about both of the places is the lack of robust legal framework to protect very vulnerable people. The fact that their isolation means that the cruelty is almost engineered and their voices are not heard. They are in a distant echo chamber where they're not properly protected."

 






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