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November 3, 2017

U.N.: Humanitarian Crisis Escalates at Closed Australian Refugee Detention Center on Manus Island
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The United Nations is warning of an "unfolding humanitarian emergency"
at an Australian refugee detention center on Manus Island, in Papua New
Guinea. The Australian government officially closed the detention center
on Tuesday, cutting off water and electricity. But hundreds of asylum
seekers are still at the center, where food, water and medicine are
growing scarce. The asylum seekers are refusing to leave, saying they
fear for their lives if they go along with the government's plans to
relocate them to a nearby city where refugees have been attacked by men
armed with knives and screwdrivers.


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