Australia and Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: An unspecified number of detainees were injured, some seriously, Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said in a statement, according to Reuters. Manus Island in impoverished Papua New Guinea hosts a detention center for would-be refugees sent there after trying to get to Australia, often in unsafe boats after paying people smugglers in Indonesia and A group of people seeking asylum in Australia rioted and breached fences at a Papua New Guinea processing centre, the second serious incident in two days, Australia's immigration minister said on Tuesday. "The extent and nature of the subsequent events and perimeter breaches is still being verified," he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.