The Manus Solution - Trailer

What really took place during the violent uprising at Manus Island Asylum Processing Centre

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It was supposed to keep Australia's asylum seekers out of sight, and out of mind. But following a violent revolt at a processing centre in Papua New Guinea, questions have resurfaced over the treatment of detainees.

"I'd say that within a week of arriving on Manus Island I'd formed the opinion that there is only one possible outcome here, and that is bloodshed", says Steve Kilburn, a former G4S security guard at the detention centre. The events of mid-February this year that saw protesters clash with compound guards, leaving one dead and dozens injured, are now widely acknowledged. But with no official public account of what happened, and an economy of truth offered by both the Australian and PNG governments, they remain largely unexplained. So what was it about Manus Island that turned peaceful protest into mayhem and murder? "The tension was just incredible", Kilburn recalls of the second day of hostilities. "Everyone was just waiting. We all knew what was going to happen." With chilling testimony from staff at the camp, this report reveals the festering bitterness between locals and asylum seekers that made the centre a recipe for disaster. "I can't believe that as an educated, wealthy, first-world country, we can't come up with a better way than abject cruelty."

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