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Australia confirms Manus Island immigration detention centre will close
Source: The Guardian
Australia confirms Manus Island immigration detention centre will close
Immigration minister Peter Dutton offers no details on plans
for the 854 detainees, but says none will be resettled in Australia
Ben Doherty
Wednesday 17 August 2016 08.58 BST
Australia and Papua New Guinea have confirmed that the Manus Island detention centre will be closed, but offered no detail on the future of the 854 men held there – except that Australia remains adamant it would accept none of the detainees for resettlement.
PNG’s prime minister, Peter O’Neill, and Australia’s immigration minister, Peter Dutton, met in Port Moresby on Wednesday.
O’Neill released a statement following the meeting saying that officials from both countries were making progress on how to close the centre.
“Both Papua New Guinea and Australia are in agreement that the centre is to be closed,” O’Neill said, but offered no time frame on the closure, only stating that the process should not be rushed.
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Immigration minister Peter Dutton offers no details on plans
for the 854 detainees, but says none will be resettled in Australia
Ben Doherty
Wednesday 17 August 2016 08.58 BST
Australia and Papua New Guinea have confirmed that the Manus Island detention centre will be closed, but offered no detail on the future of the 854 men held there – except that Australia remains adamant it would accept none of the detainees for resettlement.
PNG’s prime minister, Peter O’Neill, and Australia’s immigration minister, Peter Dutton, met in Port Moresby on Wednesday.
O’Neill released a statement following the meeting saying that officials from both countries were making progress on how to close the centre.
“Both Papua New Guinea and Australia are in agreement that the centre is to be closed,” O’Neill said, but offered no time frame on the closure, only stating that the process should not be rushed.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/aug/17/manus-island-detention-centre-to-close-australia-and-papua-new-guinea-agree