An unfinished 20-meter section of the escape tunnel has been discovered at Yongah Hill Detention Center, Western Australia. It is not known who dug the tunnel or with what tools.
The tunnel was dug underneath a housing complex in the Yongah Hill refugee center The tunnel with a depth of 3m underground was found on the morning of May 10. The tunnel was built in a few months. This image of the unfinished tunnel shows it as if it was hand-dug and just high enough for a person to crouch in. This is not the first time detention centers have discovered secret tunnels for detainees to escape. Nearly 20 years ago, 23 asylum seekers escaped by tunneling out of Villawood detention center on the outskirts of Sydney. In 2002, about 40 refugees escaped from the Woomera detention center during a protest. According to the Australian border force, Yongah Hill camp is holding about 315 people, of which 175 are foreign nationals whose visas have been canceled by the government and 140 asylum seekers. There are no women or children here. Immigrants to Australia currently have an average detention period of 627 days. Yongah Hill alone is a long-term prison, 73 people have been here for more than 5 years, especially some people have more than 9 years.
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