Asylum-Seekers Get 24-hour Reprieve From Papua New Guinea Camp Eviction

Dismantled objects lie on the ground at the asylum seekers detention centre on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea Nov. 10, 2017, in this picture taken from social media. Social Media/Handout via REUTERS

SYDNEY–Papua New Guinea will delay by at least 24 hours a plan to forcibly evict hundreds of men from an abandoned Australian detention center, three asylum seekers said on Saturday, Nov. 11.

Hundreds of men have barricaded themselves into the Manus island center for more than 11 days without regular food or water, defying closure bids by Australia and Papua New Guinea in what the United Nations calls a “looming humanitarian crisis.”