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Book review
“Manus Days”

A revealing book about the asylum seeker detention centre

we’ve heard from Manus about the rac- ‘Fuck PNG!’”
ist behaviour and attitudes of And from another: “They flash
some of the asylum their cocks to the women walking by
seekers, particu- on the road! They yelled at us they
larly the Iranians. would kill us and rape our wives.”
I got into trou- Michael asked these local Papua
By Sean Dorney ble on social media New Guineans what they thought
some time back for about the others, the Afghanis
ASYLUM Seeker advocates are going to questioning whether and the Burmese? “They are
hate a book just published in Australia. Australia needed such much better. I feel sorry for
“Manus Days – The Untold Story of racist people. And I was them. Some of them got hurt
Manus Island” (Connor Court Publishing accused by refugee ad- in the riot, even though it was
2018) is a well written, terrific expose of vocates of stirring up the Iranians that caused it
what the atmosphere and conditions were racial hatred! all. The others smile. They
really like in Australia’s Manus asylum But I’d have to go a fair come from a bad place,
seeker processing centre where the au- way to compete with things they are just glad to have
thor, Michael Coates, a former Australian like this: food and be safe. Not the Iranians
soldier, worked as a security officer for For example, one of the though, they ruin it for everyone!”
over a year. Papua New Guineans on Manus told One of the leading instigators of trouble
My wife, Pauline, is from Manus and Michael: “They are rude! They call us amongst the Iranians, Wushu, makes
Coates’ book re-enforces the stories animals, they mock our country. They yell, outrageous claims such as: “this country is

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