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Australia nixes New Zealand offer to take in PNG refugees
Australia rejects an offer by New Zealand to take in a number of asylum seekers that Canberra has abandoned in Papua New Guinea.
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'Inhumane' Australian refugee camp conditions worry UN
The UN condemns the “inhumane” conditions in a detention camp for refugees run by Australia in Papua New Guinea.
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Australia police nab protesters advocating refugee rights
Police in Australia arrest ten protesters during separate student protests over the country’s abandonment of asylum seekers at a former refugee detention camp in Papua New Guinea.
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UN warns of ‘humanitarian emergency’ at PNG camp
The UNHCR calls on Australia to take action to stop a “humanitarian emergency” unfolding at the site of a former Australian-run detention camp for refugees in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
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First night passes for refugees in PNG without incident
Asylum seekers abandoned by Australia in Papua New Guinea say a first eventless but nervous night has passed. They have no electricity or drinking water, however.
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‘Australia seeking to avoid responsibility on refugees’
An international lawyer says the Australian government does not respect the rights of refugees.
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Fate of refugees in Australia camp hanging in the balance
Asylum seekers left by the Australian government on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island face “a humanitarian emergency.”
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Iranian refugee dies at notorious Australian camp
An Iranian national suffering from mental illness had died at a notorious offshore Australian refugee camp on Manus Island.
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Australia reaches deal with suing asylum seekers
The government has reached a settlement with more than 1,900 asylum seekers who had sued Canberra over their treatment at an immigration camp in Papua New Guinea.
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Refugee detainees sue Australian government
The Australian government has been sued over the detention of immigrants in a case due to be heard in the largest ever trial of its kind this week.
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