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Tensions are rising on Manus Island as more than 700 refugees and asylum seekers refuse to vacate the island’s detention centre.

The camp is set to be cleared today by Papua New Guinean police and paramilitary forces, with PNG Police Commissioner Gari Baki warning “the safety of both the refugees and government workers plus staff of leading agencies is not to be taken for granted”. Greens Senator Nick McKim, who is on Manus, claims authorities have cut the centre’s supply of drinking water, while Iranian refugee Behrouz Boochani said Australian authorities had warned “water, power and food will be cut” on October 31 …

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Alex McKinnon, The Saturday Paper