Australia has agreed to close a controversial asylum seeker detention centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said in a statement he had met Australia's immigration minister, Peter Dutton, in Port Moresby on Wednesday.
"Both PNG and Australia are in agreement that [Manus Island] centre is to be closed," the statement said.
PNG's Supreme Court found in April that detaining asylum seekers and refugees at the centre was unconstitutional.
Mr O'Neill said the Manus Regional Processing Centre, which currently houses 854 men, would not close immediately.
"A series of options are being advanced and implemented," Mr O'Neill said.
"It is important that this process is not rushed but carried out in a careful manner.
"This must take into account the interests of the people of Papua New Guinea and the wellbeing of asylum seekers and refugees."
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PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said in a statement he had met Australia's immigration minister, Peter Dutton, in Port Moresby on Wednesday.
"Both PNG and Australia are in agreement that [Manus Island] centre is to be closed," the statement said.
PNG's Supreme Court found in April that detaining asylum seekers and refugees at the centre was unconstitutional.
Mr O'Neill said the Manus Regional Processing Centre, which currently houses 854 men, would not close immediately.
"A series of options are being advanced and implemented," Mr O'Neill said.
"It is important that this process is not rushed but carried out in a careful manner.
"This must take into account the interests of the people of Papua New Guinea and the wellbeing of asylum seekers and refugees."
'No settlement in Australia'
- Australia sends asylum seekers who arrive in the country by boat to offshore detention centres in Manus Island and the Pacific nation of Nauru.
Even those who are found to be genuine refugees are not allowed to settle in Australia...
BBC
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