Tensions soar as Australia's Manus Is immigration centre prepares to close

A 2014 file image of asylum seekers in the Manus Island detention centre, PNG (AAP)

**FILE** March 21, 2014 image of the Oscar compound in the Manus Island detention centre, Papua New Guinea. (AAP Image/Eoin Blackwell) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP

Tensions are high on Manus Island with refugee advocates fearing there could be loss of life when Australia's immigration centre closes.

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Published 30 October 2017 6:24pm

By Greg Dyett

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Tensions are high on Manus Island with refugee advocates fearing there could be loss of life when Australia's immigration centre closes.

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