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Article

25 Feb 2014

Author:
Morgane Lapeyre, Bloomberg

G4S Loses Australia Contract Amid Detention Center Revamp (Papua New Guinea)

G4S...lost an Australian government contract for an asylum seekers detention center after an investigation found deficient safety arrangements...Transfield Services...will take over...to provide security and welfare services at the offshore detention center at Manus Island in Papua New Guinea...The offshore detention centers came into the public spotlight following several violents incidents, including one at Manus...that left one dead and 62 injured...G4S said...that the Australian immigration department told the company in December about the plan to terminate the Manus contract. The contract was originally due to expire at the end of October 2013 and then received two extensions...[refers to Serco]