澳大利亞尋求避難者拘留中心發生致命騷亂

Australian officials say one asylum seeker was killed and at least 77 wounded during the second riot this week at a detention center in Papua New Guinea.

The case highlights what some activists say are unsafe conditions at the remote camp on Manus Island, where asylum seekers trying to reach Australia are sent for processing.

Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said the unrest began after the would-be refugees were told they would have to be resettled in impoverished Papua New Guinea.

He called the incident a "great tragedy," but blamed the asylum seekers for allegedly trying to escape the facility.

Some rights groups disagree with that narrative. The Refugee Action Committee says local villagers armed with machetes, pipes, sticks and stones stormed the facility and attacked the asylum seekers.

British security contractor G4S, which guards the facility, denied those accusations, saying the asylum seekers did not leave the facility because of attacks by locals.澳大利亞官員說，位於巴布亞-新幾內亞的拘留中心本星期發生第二次騷亂，一名尋求避難者被打死，至少77人受傷。

這一事件凸顯了活動人士指出的問題，即位於偏遠的馬努斯島上的拘留中心不安全，試圖到澳大利亞尋求避難的人被送往該島履行手續。

澳大利亞移民事務部長莫里森說，尋求避難者被告知他們將被重新安置在貧窮的巴布亞-新幾內亞，隨後爆發騷亂。

莫里森說，這次事件是一個“巨大的悲劇”，但他同時指責尋求避難者試圖逃出拘留中心。

一些人權組織不同意莫里森的說法。難民行動委員會說，當地村民手拿砍刀、水管、棍棒和石塊襲擊尋求避難者。

負責擔任拘留中心警衛工作的英國安全承包商G4S不接受這一指責，聲稱尋求避難者並非因爲受到當地村民襲擊而離開拘留中心。