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Papua New Guinea and Asylum Seeker

asylum seeker: An asylum seeker was killed and at least 77 injured in the second riot this week at a detention center in Papua New Guinea used to process asylum seekers, Australia's Immigration Minister said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says the riot began when detainees forced their way out of the center, but refugee advocates insist it was sparked when Manus Island residents and police stormed the facility, attacking the asylum seekers and By Matt Siegel One person was in critical condition with a head injury and another sustained gunshot wounds during the clashes on a small island in impoverished Papua New Guinea. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.