Manus Island Regional Processing Centre. Photo: DIBP Images/Flickr By Charlotte Mutoro Asylum seekers from Manus Island who are not granted a refugee visa to stay at the equivalent of a ‘three star hotel facility’ on Nauru may now end up in Cambodia. Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison met Cambodia’s Interior Minister Sar Kheng on […]
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Opinion: Rewording the asylum debate
BY MATTHEW WATTS Nobody wants to see asylum seekers drowning at sea, that’s a given, but that isn’t the whole issue by a long shot. There is a lot of debate around asylum seeker policy in Australia, in particular the ‘turn back the boats’ policy and offshore processing both inspire heated argument from both sides […]
Manus staff issued with asylum FAQ
BY YVETTE JURD Manus Island staff members have been issued with a two-page guide on dealing with questions about the detainees’ fears for their safety, living conditions and human rights. Refugees are expressing concerns after the bloody attacks last month, and the document is designed to help soothe these issues. The events of that night […]