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Food, power and water have been cut from the Manus Island detention center, but about 600 refugees are refusing to leave.
Australia wants them to move to facilities in the island's main town, Lorengau, but the refugees are afraid of further attacks by locals opposed to the relocation.
Sudanese refugee Abdul Aziz Adam says Australia is torturing the detainees and New Zealand is their only hope.
"Australia deny to give our fundamental rights such as water and food. They force us to starve. They want us to be resettled in Papua new Guinea where even the people of Papua New Guinea they do not want us to resettle in their country. And we on Manus Island we have lost hope. And the only hope we now have is the New Zealand government. The honourable prime minister of New Zealand, we are begging you and pleading you to help us. We need your help."
Canberra rejected Wellington's previous offer to take some of the refugees as they'd be able to enter Australia if they become New Zealand citizens.
Iranian refugee Amir Taghinia has been evacuated to Port Moresby from Manus Island for medical treatment, but he says New Zealand's prime minister needs to put pressure on her counterpart.
"Why Australia is blocking these people from going to New Zealand? Australia has no right to do this. These people were already found to be genuine refugees Papua New Guinea does not want them and these people are happy with going to New Zealand and never setting foot in Australia. So if the New Zealand prime minister is going to Australia I would ask Jacinda Ardern, please I would like to beg her, do something for these guys. Push the Australian government help these people to get out of Manus Island."
Back on Manus, the Kurdish journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochani says the men's health is deteriorating.
Some have infections, an epileptic temporarily lost conciousness and a man suffering from mental illness committed an act of self harm.
But without fumigation, Mr Boochani says mosquitos carrying malaria and other tropical diseases have become a threat.
"600 forgotten people here. We are asking for help. The people are in a big starvation. There is not any water, food and the tropical mosquitos, we are struggling with the mosquitos too. We are asking help from the Red Cross or any international organisation to help us."
The United Nations is urging the Australian governments to reinstate food, water and power to the centre, services lawyers are applying to the PNG Supreme Court to reinstate.
Meanwhile, the desperate men on Manus have dug a well in the detention centre and welcomed a sudden downpour yesterday by collecting rain water.
But days without food is taking its toll on Afghan refugee Waliz Zazai.
"Australia why are you starving us why are you want to starve us? We would happy if they shoot us, because the suffering would end soon if they shoot us. Please if you don't weant us let us go to New Zealand or other safe countries."
Jacinda Ardern and Malcolm Turnbull meet in Sydney on Sunday.
