Amnesty International Australia
Defending Human Rights
Papua New Guinea has been arbitrarily detaining rejected asylum seekers virtually incommunicado in the Bomana Immigration Centre, raising serious concerns about their health and safety, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. In August 2019, the PNG government transferred more than 50 rejected asylum seekers from Port Moresby housing to the Australian-funded Bomana Immigration …
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The misery of indefinite detention on Manus Island is pushing increasing numbers of refugees and people seeking asylum to suicide attempts and self-harm, a new report by the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) and Amnesty International has found. In the report, Until when? The forgotten men on Manus Island, RCOA and Amnesty International paint a …
Continue reading “Manus Island: Australian and PNG leaders must act urgently to save lives”
Responding to reports that Papua New Guinea’s new Attorney-General Davis Steven has disputed that the Australian Government has PNG’s permission to close the Manus Island detention centre by the end of October and leave any remaining people in PNG, Amnesty International Australia’s Refugees Coordinator Graham Thom said, “The Australian Government must finally resolve the unsustainable …
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