Salvation Army criticism of Manus Island centre

Tuesday, July 30th, 2013

Following a two hour visit Australia’s Immigration Minister Tony Burke declared Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island detention centre ‘adequate’ and ‘ready for expansion’.

But a former Salvation Army staff member who helped deliver services at the centre says that won’t be easy

And she’s warned the centre will never be appropriate for the small children Listen to interview

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