Is Manus our own Devil's Island? Government admits "fatal diseases" I doubt the Rudd Government will be sending many people to Manus any time soon: Department of Immigration staff turned a blind eye to a series of rapes and assaults at the Manus Island detention centre, a whistleblower has claimed. The startling allegations, broadcast on SBS TV's Dateline program on Tuesday night, also include claims that detainees have been stockpiling weapons and are "quite open that there will come a time where they will break out and people will be killed." Former G4S guard Rod St George, who worked as a compliance manager before resigning in mid-April, told Dateline that asylum seekers have been sexually abused and tortured by other asylum seekers... A department spokeswoman said ... the department was aware of an allegation of sexual assault on the island but could not comment due to the sensitive nature of the incident. As Australia prepares to send all asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea for processing and resettlement, and massively expand facilities at Manus Island, Mr St George said the Manus facilities â if they were in Australia â "couldn't even serve as a dog kennel. The owners would be jailed... Mr St George alleged six men were sexually abused in the men-only tent section of the camp. Because there are no separate secure areas, he said, the victims were left in the same facilities as their attackers. Incidentally, some people at the centre have just made themselves ineligible for refugee status in Australia, I hope. I'm not sure the Immigration Minister is defending the Manus deal in a way that's helpful: The minister hit back at the opposition's criticism of the speed at which asylum-seekers were being sent to Manus Island. Mr Burke said people would not be sent to Manus until they had received health checks and immunisations. "Either he (Mr Abbott) was saying we should be sending people to a situation where they are exposed to fatal diseases," he said. Or he's setting up a test which he knows we can't meet so that the boats keep coming.