In light of the continued perilous situation on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island for refugees and asylum seekers abandoned by Australia, UNHCR has called again this week on the Australian government ...

Hundreds of refugees holed up in an Australian-run immigration detention center on Manus Island, in Papua New Guinea (PNG), are refusing to leave despite being denied access to food and water.

SYDNEY, April 26 (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that asylum seeker detentions on its northern Manus Island were illegal and that Papua New Guinea and Australia must take ...

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned by deteriorating conditions at the Manus Island ‘Regional Processing Centre’, as authorities seek to relocate people to Lorengau or elsewhere in ...

The Australian government has agreed to pay detainees on Manus Island more than $70 million (US$52.75 million) in the "largest settlement in a human rights class-action" in the country's history. The ...

An inquiry has been told an "angry" Immigration Minister Scott Morrison told asylum seekers on Manus Island to not even dream about coming to Australia. A file image of the Manus Island detention ...

Arguing that hosting the centre had caused reputational damage to the country, Mr O’Neill denied there was a law and order problem which would make it unsafe for refugees. “The community itself is ...

Australia has long shown disregard for international conventions surrounding refugees. It labels asylum seekers in detention on Manus Island as “transferees”, also frequently referring to those who ...

The Royal Australian Navy reported that HMAS Choules has completed its mission at Manus Island and heads home today, October 31, 2013. Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Ray Griggs AO, CSC, RAN said HMAS ...

The move by PNG’s Supreme Court to strike down the continued detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island carries danger for both the government and Labor. It is a shocking truth that, for the most ...