More than 600 asylum seekers are refusing to leave an Australian-run refugee detention center Tuesday, fearing they may be subjected to violence by local residents.

The detainees are holding fast to remain in the Manus Island center, located on the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea, despite plans by officials to shut off all water and electricity to the compound by late Tuesday afternoon.

Lawyers for the 600-plus men have appealed to Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court for a temporary injunction to prevent the camp from being closed.

Asylum-seekers say a group of unidentified local men have entered the camp and removed furniture and other things from the facility.

The detainees say the private security forces hired by Canberra to guard the facility have left the Manus center. PNG officials say the center will be transferred to the control of its defense forces on Wednesday, and anyone still on the grounds will be considered to be trespassing on a military base.

600多名尋求避難的人星期二拒絕撤離澳大利亞管理的一所難民收容中心，他們擔(dān)心有可能會遭受當(dāng)?shù)厝说谋┝Α?/p>

這些被拘押的人堅持留在位于太平洋島國巴布亞新幾內(nèi)亞的馬努斯島收容中心，不過有關(guān)官員計劃星期二傍晚將對這處設(shè)施斷水?dāng)嚯姟?/p>

上述600多人的律師已上訴巴布亞新幾內(nèi)亞最高法院，要求進行臨時干預(yù)，阻止收容中心關(guān)閉。

尋求避難的人表示，一批身份不明的當(dāng)?shù)厝艘呀?jīng)進入收容中心，并搬走設(shè)施內(nèi)的家具等物品。

這些人說，堪培拉雇傭守衛(wèi)這處設(shè)施的私人保安部隊已經(jīng)離開了馬努斯收容中心。巴布亞新幾內(nèi)亞官員表示，這個中心星期三將移交給該國防衛(wèi)部隊控制，屆時依然留在那里的人將被視為擅自進入軍事基地。

More than 600 asylum seekers are refusing to leave an Australian-run refugee detention center Tuesday, fearing they may be subjected to violence by local residents.

The detainees are holding fast to remain in the Manus Island center, located on the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea, despite plans by officials to shut off all water and electricity to the compound by late Tuesday afternoon.

Lawyers for the 600-plus men have appealed to Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court for a temporary injunction to prevent the camp from being closed.

Asylum-seekers say a group of unidentified local men have entered the camp and removed furniture and other things from the facility.

The detainees say the private security forces hired by Canberra to guard the facility have left the Manus center. PNG officials say the center will be transferred to the control of its defense forces on Wednesday, and anyone still on the grounds will be considered to be trespassing on a military base.

600多名尋求避難的人星期二拒絕撤離澳大利亞管理的一所難民收容中心，他們擔(dān)心有可能會遭受當(dāng)?shù)厝说谋┝Α?/p>

這些被拘押的人堅持留在位于太平洋島國巴布亞新幾內(nèi)亞的馬努斯島收容中心，不過有關(guān)官員計劃星期二傍晚將對這處設(shè)施斷水?dāng)嚯姟?/p>

上述600多人的律師已上訴巴布亞新幾內(nèi)亞最高法院，要求進行臨時干預(yù)，阻止收容中心關(guān)閉。

尋求避難的人表示，一批身份不明的當(dāng)?shù)厝艘呀?jīng)進入收容中心，并搬走設(shè)施內(nèi)的家具等物品。

這些人說，堪培拉雇傭守衛(wèi)這處設(shè)施的私人保安部隊已經(jīng)離開了馬努斯收容中心。巴布亞新幾內(nèi)亞官員表示，這個中心星期三將移交給該國防衛(wèi)部隊控制，屆時依然留在那里的人將被視為擅自進入軍事基地。