Another great expose by Four Corners..... Reporter Geoff Thompson puts together the most comprehensive account yet of what took place in and around the processing centre in February this year. Speaking to eyewitnesses Thompson learns of the festering bitterness that developed between locals and asylum seekers in the weeks and months leading up to the violence. He reveals how the Papua New Guinea Governments failure to set up a processing and resettlement system created the pre-conditions for protest and disorder. The program also investigates the role played by local civilians and local security guards in the assaults at the processing centre. The story raises serious questions about the way the camp was set up, the staff it employed, the way it was run and asks: are asylum seekers safe on the island and could this happen again? As one witness put it: Id say that within a week of arriving on Manus Island I formed the opinion ... there is no other possible outcome that can occur on this island than bloodshed.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 14:17:10 +0000
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