34 Immigrants Break Out of Detention Center
Supporters of asylum seekers used a car to drag down fences at Australia’s most notorious detention center, allowing 34 people to escape, the government said.
Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said 15 asylum seekers were involved in a mass breakout from the Woomera detention center in southern Australia and that the other 19 took advantage of the confusion to flee into the desert.
A group calling itself Our Sacred Country claimed responsibility for the breakout.
Four activists have since been arrested and five escapees have been captured, officials said.
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