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Article: WA: Illegal immigrants on hunger strike over living conditions
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- February 4, 2000
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AAP General News (Australia)
02-04-2000
WA: Illegal immigrants on hunger strike over living conditions
PERTH, Feb 4 AAP - Illegal immigrants at the Curtin Airbase in the state's north are
on a hunger strike over what they say are poor living conditions.
A spokesman for the Immigration Department today confirmed that an unknown number of
the 1,147 immigrants were refusing food.
The department had been aware of the situation for a couple of days, he said.
The spokesman said although the department had not received any formal requests or
demands from the immigrants, he believed their protest was over what they said were poor
living conditions.
"I have heard they are complaining about ...