Manus authorities 'turn away food aid' as humanitarian crisis deepens

By Nicole Hasham
Updated November 3 2017 - 5:03pm, first published 4:51pm
Supplied undated image obtained Wednesday, October 26, 2017 of refugees and asylum seekers during a protest at the Manus Island immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea. A Human Rights Watch report released before the detention centre's closure details claims that refugees have been robbed and stabbed on Manus Island. (AAP Image/Human Rights Watch) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
Supplied undated image obtained Wednesday, October 26, 2017 of refugees and asylum seekers during a protest at the Manus Island immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea. A Human Rights Watch report released before the detention centre's closure details claims that refugees have been robbed and stabbed on Manus Island. (AAP Image/Human Rights Watch) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
Rough sleeping conditions inside the Manus Island regional processing centre, which 600 refugees and asylum seekers refuse to leave.
Rough sleeping conditions inside the Manus Island regional processing centre, which 600 refugees and asylum seekers refuse to leave.

Good Samaritans on Manus Island trying to deliver food to hungry refugees are being turned away by the military, lawyers say, warning that the men are "starving" and a full-blown humanitarian crisis is unfolding.

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