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Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
| Subject: Riot flared as Manus Island Concentration Camp refugees realized 'statist lies were told' Tue Feb 25, 2014 5:25 pm | |
| The deadly clashes on Manus Island last week flared after asylum seekers realised the Australian government was ''lying to them'' about plans to resettle them in Papua New Guinea, a migration agent who worked on the island has said.
Liz Thompson, who was helping asylum seekers lodge their refugee applications on Manus Island when the alleged riot broke out, told Fairfax Media that the asylum seekers launched their protests when a Papua New Guinean official went ''off script'' and acknowledged there were no plans in place for their resettlement.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/riot-flared-as-manus-island-refugees-realised-lies-were-told-20140225-33ft3.html#ixzz2uNKqVIRD |
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