About 30 asylum seekers have stitched their lips together and 500 are on
hunger strike as a protest at Papua-New Guinea's Manus Island Detention
Centre becomes increasingly volatile.
Refugee Action Coalition spokesman Ian Rintoul says one man required
emergency medical treatment after he swallowed razor blades.
Australia's immigration department, which on Thursday denied there was a
hunger strike at Manus, has confirmed some detainees were refusing food
and water and engaging in self-harm.
The new Australian immigration minister Peter Dutton says he has a
message for those involved.
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