As some of you will know, the asylum seekers on Manus Island are being forcibly divided into two groups - those with 'positive' refugee assessments and those with 'negative' refugee assessments. This is being done in anticipation of the outcome of a Supreme Court case being run by PNG lawyer, Ben Lomai, which is likely to find that the detention centre on Manus is unconstitutional. See the Guardian article: "The Port Moresby lawyer Ben Lomai is leading the other case, which is moving more swiftly towards a conclusion. Lomai argues the Australian-run detention regime is in breach of the PNG constitution, which guarantees “liberty of the person”, “right to freedom of movement” and “freedom from inhuman treatment”, as well as the right to access PNG courts and a lawyer. He argues that asylum seekers have been denied these fundamental rights and that the state is required to release the men back to their first port of entry, Australia. He will argue that PNG is also liable to pay compensation to them. Those court challenges could see the entire offshore processing regime in PNG ruled unconstitutional and ordered shut down. Detainees suspected Tuesday’s announcement was in anticipation of a possible successful challenge." The article also notes that PNG has found only a 58% positive assessment of refugee status, compared to an 85% positive assessment of refugee status on Nauru. This suggests that the assessment process is not fair or accurate and this confirms my own experience. I am personally aware of an Iranian Christian convert who has twice received lashes for attending church in Iran who has received a negative assessment - as not a genuine refugee. Those with negative assessments are likely to be forcibly returned to their countries of origin, which is called refoulement. Plane loads of Wilson security guards have been flown in to Manus so as to supervise the separation of the refugees into positive and negative groups. These men will be separated from their long standing friends who have provided them with some of the only support they have known in detention. The separation is likely to be resisted and a riot is highly likely. The refugees have no weapons, but the police and guards who are coming in to supervise are heavily armed. This is going to be a dangerous confrontation. Although the refugees have no weapons, they are no longer the healthy young men they were when they arrived. A very large proportion have developed mental illness as a result of the long stress of incarceration and are heavily medicated. Their response to forced removal is hard to predict. Refugee supporters are deeply concerned about the safety of the asylum seekers on Manus, particularly Behnam Satah, who has already been the focus of a targeted campaign of intimidation. Minister Dutton and the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, have not responded to this petition which you signed, calling for the immediate evacuation of Behnam Satah to Australia, which was tabled by MP Melissa Parke in Parliament on 12 February with 18,000 signatures. They have had six weeks to reply. Now more than ever Behnam is in danger. I urge you to contact Dutton's office and your local Member of Parliament and ask for his immediate evacuation from PNG to Australia. Dutton has repeatedly said that the management of the detention centre on Manus Island is a matter for the PNG government, but it is paid for and supervised by Australia. It is a dangerous place and peoples' lives are at risk. We have been warned of these dangers.