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May 12, 2021 02:20 AM EDT
(Photo : U.S. Army via Getty Images) U.S. Army Discovers Tunnels Dug Under Umm Qasr Detention Faciliy In Iraq
UMM QASR, IRAQ: In this handout photo from the U.S. Army released March 26, 2005, the inside of a tunnel that was dug leading out of the Camp Bucca detention facitlity near the city of Umm Qasr in Iraq is seen. U.S. Military police made the discovery of the two tunnels, which appear to have been dug using pieces of plastic, metal and wood, which lead out of the cell blocks at Iraq s largest detention facility which currently holds more than 6000 prisoners. One of the tunnels measured approximately 200 metres and stretched beyond the security fence of the camp. (not the actual story)
Detainee in isolation after Yongah Hill escape tunnel plot foiled
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Security guards found an escape tunnel under the Yongah Hill detention centre on Monday, but its exact length is yet to be confirmed.
Refugee advocates claim the tunnel is between 10 and 20 metres long while the Shire of Northam, where the facility is located 75 kilometres east of Perth, claims staff at Yongah Hill told them it was much shorter at 2.4 metres long.
Refugee Action Coalition activist Ian Rintoul said guards found the tunnel’s entrance in the floor of a demountable room in the Falcon compound on Monday morning and placed a man in his 40s, who was staying in the room, in isolation shortly after.
May 11, 2021 Tatjana Muskiet
A 20m-long (65ft) underground escape tunnel has been discovered at an immigration detention centre in Australia, refugee campaigners say. The tunnel, at the Yongah Hill detention centre near Perth, was reportedly within five metres of the site’s perimeter when it was found. More than 300 people, including asylum seekers and criminals facing deportation, are living at the site. Immigration officials have not yet commented on the reports. The tunnel, said to be three metres deep, led from a room in one of the accommodation blocks and went past two inner fences, towards the outer fence, said the campaign group Refugee Action Coalition. According to ABC News, a number of detainees were moved to another part of the facility after the discovery. Chris Antonio, the Shire of Northam president, told ABC the tunnel was only 2.4m long. “As far as we’re aware, the situation is contained and we’re also awa
May 11, 2021 Tatjana Muskiet
A 20m-long (65ft) underground escape tunnel has been discovered at an immigration detention centre in Australia, refugee campaigners say. The tunnel, at the Yongah Hill detention centre near Perth, was reportedly within five metres of the site’s perimeter when it was found. More than 300 people, including asylum seekers and criminals facing deportation, are living at the site. Immigration officials have not yet commented on the reports. The tunnel, said to be three metres deep, led from a room in one of the accommodation blocks and went past two inner fences, towards the outer fence, said the campaign group Refugee Action Coalition. According to ABC News, a number of detainees were moved to another part of the facility after the discovery. Chris Antonio, the Shire of Northam president, told ABC the tunnel was only 2.4m long. “As far as we’re aware, the situation is contained and we’re also aware that there we
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