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Dateline: Manus whistleblower

On tonight's Dateline, a Manus Island whistleblower gives an exclusive insight into the horrors of life within Australia’s refugee centre.

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Tonight's Dateline at 9.30pm on SBS ONE has an exclusive insight into the horrors of life within Australia's refugee centre at Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.

Mark Davis speaks in detail to a detention centre whistleblower, who has explosive allegations of detainees being sexually abused and tortured by other asylum seekers.

With no facilities to segregate or remove the abusers, Mark hears of the desperation for those continually being abused while waiting months for their asylum applications to be processed… attempted suicides and self-harming are said to be an 'almost daily' occurrence.

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The allegations come as the Australian Government announces all asylum seekers arriving by boat will be processed and resettled in Papua New Guinea, with the Manus centre to be expanded.

Dateline's whistleblower interview follows Mark's disturbing story two months ago about life at Manus Island, when Australian officials at the detention centre went to great lengths to stop him filming.

On Tuesday's program, Mark also puts his findings to Australia's new Immigration Minister Tony Burke, and asks him what he plans to do about it.

See this Dateline exclusive tonight at 9.30pm on SBS ONE, and read more now on the Dateline website.


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