Twenty-metre-long unfinished tunnel beneath Yongah Hill detention centre had been dug ‘over several months’

A 20-metre-long unfinished escape tunnel has been discovered at an immigration detention centre in Western Australia, refugee advocates say.

The nascent tunnel – dug three metres underground – was found on Monday morning, built underneath an accommodation block in Falcon compound of the Yongah Hill detention centre.

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