'The authorities just want him to die elsewhere, not at the detention centre.'

Detention centre workers suffering their own trauma in dealing with asylum seekers (SMH, 25 February 2016). Those who have witnessed the horrors detainees are enduring are left with PTSD, "nightmares, strained marriages and destroyed careers".

Nauru detention centre guards carry special knives to save hanging asylum seekers (SMH, 25 February 2015) "Another source said training improved after 2013, but detainees attempted to thwart efforts to cut them down by making thicker nooses from plaited rope or bed sheets." Christ.

Manus asylum seekers hoping PNG Supreme Court will order them to be freed (SMH, 26 February 2016)

Government defends healthcare on Manus as sick refugees 'too scared to leave' (GA, 26 February 2016) 'The [authorities] just want him to die elsewhere, not at the detention centre.'

Manus asylum seekers hoping PNG Supreme Court will order them to be freed (26 February 2015) "Leading PNG lawyer Ben Lomai" will argue in the Supreme Court, on behalf of the detainees on Manus, that since detention without charge is illegal under Papua New Guinea's constitution, and the detainees' rights to legal representation and freedom from inhuman treatment have been breached (amongst others), that the detention centre is illegal.