Three days after the official closure of the detention centre, several hundred detainees remain barricaded inside the gates without water, power or food supplied. Aziz describes the scene, and explains some of the ways the men are getting by.

'It's really hard to get water from outside, so we dug a well.'

Abdul Aziz Muhamat

Without water and power, detainees at Manus Island Regional Processing Centre shower in the rain — Photo: Manus Alert

In this update

• Abdul Aziz Muhamat

• Michael Green

Our theme music was composed by Raya Slavin.

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The Messenger is a co-production of Behind the Wire and the Wheeler Centre. It’s produced by Michael Green, André Dao, Hannah Reich and Bec Fary, with Jon Tjhia and Sophie Black at the Wheeler Centre.

This short update was edited and mixed by Jon Tjhia.

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Dana Affleck, Angelica Neville and Sienna Merope. Also to Behind the Wire’s many participants and volunteers. Behind the Wire is supported by the Bertha Foundation.

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