A group of men, women and children due to be deported to Malaysia have been on a hunger strike since Friday.
The number of asylum-seekers on hunger strike increased from 54 to 105 when a second boat carrying 10 unaccompanied children, a couple, and 38 single adult males arrived on Sunday.
The Australian Immigration Department has confirmed that an ambulance was called to the centre to treat three teenage asylum seekers suffering from dehydration.
The teenagers were refusing to come in from the hot sun during the day, said a source, and a seven-year-old boy was among those not eating.
Detention centre workers tried on Sunday to halt the hunger strike by warning asylum seeker parents that they were breaking Australian law if they encouraged their children to refuse food and water.
The single adult men to be deported under the refugee swap deal are being held in a compound separate with blacked-out windows inside the island's main detention centre. They have no access to the internet or TV.
The department initially denied reports of a hunger strike, saying the detainees were either missing a meal or two, or were simply observing Ramadan.
It now admits it has observed a number of asylum seekers missing consecutive meals, and says it is now treating their welfare as a top priority.
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