Pacific / Refugees And Migrants

Manus refugee suicide as healthcare reduced

05:05 am on 25 May 2018

A refugee suicide on Manus Island this week follows a report that claims healthcare services in Australian offshore detention have been reduced.

The report, which the Australian government disputes, says torture and trauma counselling is no longer available for about 750 men exiled to Papua New Guinea.

Ben Robinson Drawbridge has more.

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