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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

[Australia]: The Sydney Morning Herald - The Manus Island escape plan that went badly wrong


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About 35 asylum seekers rushed out of the gate from the Oscar compound of the Manus Island detention center, as if on impulse, when it opened for the truck carrying their evening meals to enter.

Their aim was to seek refuge at a church a few kilometers away, but sources say they ran straight into a group of angry PNG locals who were walking towards the camp to begin their shifts as security guards employed by the contractor G4S.