Police called in for Darwin asylum-seeker 'disturbance'

Police in the northern Australian city of Darwin say they attended to a "disturbance" at an asylum seeker centre, amid reports of ongoing detainee protests.

A rights group says asylum seekers there are protesting against a move to transfer some of them to Nauru.

Australia has seen a number of protests among asylum seekers kept in detention centres in recent months.

Rights groups have heavily criticised conditions in such centres.

A Northern Territories police spokesman said they received calls around 1540 local time (0710 BST) about a "disturbance" at Wickham Point Detention Centre. She declined to give further details.

Ben Pynt of the Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network told the BBC that he has received calls from dozens of detainees about the protest and apparent cases of self-harm. Full story...

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