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Riot breaks out at Nauru detention centre Riot breaks out at Nauru detention centre
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Detainees have escaped Nauru detention centre during a riot involving 150 asylum seekers.Detainees have escaped Nauru detention centre during a riot involving 150 asylum seekers.
The Department of Immigration has confirmed security and police have been called to break up a disturbance but at 8.30pm AEST had not yet got it under control.The Department of Immigration has confirmed security and police have been called to break up a disturbance but at 8.30pm AEST had not yet got it under control.
A spokeswoman for the department said people had been injured but would not confirm reports people had been taken to hospital or that fires had been lit.A spokeswoman for the department said people had been injured but would not confirm reports people had been taken to hospital or that fires had been lit.
She confirmed detainees had escaped but would not say how many.She confirmed detainees had escaped but would not say how many.
“It is very early stages so we do not want to speculate,” she said.“It is very early stages so we do not want to speculate,” she said.
She said 150 detainees in the centre – which houses only single males – were involved in the “non-compliance behaviour”.She said 150 detainees in the centre – which houses only single males – were involved in the “non-compliance behaviour”.
Reports of the riot began before the prime minister’s new asylum seeker policy announcement and it was not believed the two were linked.Reports of the riot began before the prime minister’s new asylum seeker policy announcement and it was not believed the two were linked.
The prime minister signed an agreement with Papua New Guinea on Friday afternoon to resettle all asylum seekers who come to Australia by boat in PNG if they are found to be refugees.The prime minister signed an agreement with Papua New Guinea on Friday afternoon to resettle all asylum seekers who come to Australia by boat in PNG if they are found to be refugees.
The government also plans to expand facilities on its other offshore detention centre on Manus Island which have already come under fire from the United Nations who found all detainees were showing signs of depression.The government also plans to expand facilities on its other offshore detention centre on Manus Island which have already come under fire from the United Nations who found all detainees were showing signs of depression.
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