Refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island were praising and chanting an Australian Greens senator who visited the compound the day it was due to close on October 31.

Greens Senator Nick McKim met with the men who refused to vacate the Manus Regional Processing Centre (RPC) on Tuesday; he has been a longstanding and outspoken critic of Australia’s offshore detention centres policy.

His visit was slammed by Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton who, in a press release, accused McKim of providing “false information” to the men and used them for “cheap political stunts to build up his public profile.”

This video shows McKim and his team filming the refugees and asylum seekers inside the Manus RPC as they were chanting and thanking the senator. Credit: Anonymous via Storyful