Australia & PNG agree to close Manus Island immigration center, offer no plan for 800+ detainees
Australia & PNG agree to close Manus Island immigration center, offer no plan for 800+ detainees
Published time: 17 Aug, 2016 13:08
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has said his country has agreed with Australia to close the controversial Manus Island detention center. But the 854 inmates there face an uncertain future.
Australia’s second detention island continues to hold inmates. The controversy surrounding it ranged from neglect and unlivable conditions to outright rights abuse by authorities. Together with Nauru and Christmas Island, the facility has been thrust into the spotlight with multiple reports of abuse and torture toward refugees.
The news that Manus could finally be shutting came following a meeting between O’Neill and Australia’s immigration minister, Peter Dutton, who confirmed the decision on Wednesday in Port Moresby.
“Both Papua New Guinea and Australia are in agreement that the center is to be closed,” O’Neill said in a statement. “
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