Asylum seekers break out of detention centre
A SEARCH for five Vietnamese asylum seekers who broke out of an immigration detention centre near Perth was underway on Sunday.
The men reportedly escaped from Northam Detention Centre early on Saturday night.
ABC reported a land and air search had so far failed to locate the missing men, with one possibly injured during the escape.
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