2015-01-21
Asylum seekers continue hunger strike on Manus Island
Around 700 asylum seekers are on a mass hunger strike at the Manus Island detention center in Papua New Guinea, local media reports said. The refugees who have been declining food for several days are protesting against Australian government’s move to transfer around 50 refugees to another facility in Lorengau, which is the capital of Manus Province. The Papua New Guinea and the Australian governments have said the move is only temporary and many of the refugees will re-settled in other parts of Papua New Guinea. The transfers will begin Thursday.
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