Papua New Guinea (PNG) is to begin resettling refugees from the controversial Manus Island immigration detention centre, Australia has said.
Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said the move would allow refugees there to "have a fresh start". Australia made a 2013 deal to provide PNG with aid if it agreed to house a detention centre and resettle refugees. Australia sends asylum seekers arriving by boat to camps in PNG and the Pacific nation of Nauru for processing. However, conditions in the camps have been strongly criticised by UN agencies and rights groups. "Consistent with the RRA (Regional Resettlement Arrangement), persons transferred to PNG, who are found to be refugees, will be resettled in PNG. No-one will be resettled in Australia," Mr Dutton said in a statement. "The PNG government has shown... its commitment to permit those found to be refugees to get on with their lives and have a fresh start in this dynamic nation with a growing economy." BBC News
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