600多名寻求避难的人星期二拒绝撤离澳大利亚管理的一所难民收容中心，他们担心有可能会遭受当地人的暴力。
这些被拘押的人坚持留在位于太平洋岛国巴布亚新几内亚的马努斯岛收容中心，不过有关官员计划星期二傍晚将对这处设施断水断电。
上述600多人的律师已上诉巴布亚新几内亚最高法院，要求进行临时干预，阻止收容中心关闭。
寻求避难的人表示，一批身份不明的当地人已经进入收容中心，并搬走设施内的家具等物品。
这些人说，堪培拉雇佣守卫这处设施的私人保安部队已经离开了马努斯收容中心。巴布亚新几内亚官员表示，这个中心星期三将移交给该国防卫部队控制，届时依然留在那里的人将被视为擅自进入军事基地。
More than 600 asylum seekers are refusing to leave an Australian-run refugee detention center Tuesday, fearing they may be subjected to violence by local residents.
The detainees are holding fast to remain in the Manus Island center, located on the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea, despite plans by officials to shut off all water and electricity to the compound by late Tuesday afternoon.
Lawyers for the 600-plus men have appealed to Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court for a temporary injunction to prevent the camp from being closed.
Asylum-seekers say a group of unidentified local men have entered the camp and removed furniture and other things from the facility.
The detainees say the private security forces hired by Canberra to guard the facility have left the Manus center. PNG officials say the center will be transferred to the control of its defense forces on Wednesday, and anyone still on the grounds will be considered to be trespassing on a military base.