IN ITS short,on-off existence, the regional processing centre on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea has witnessed an extraordinary amount of unhappiness. Its inhabitants, or who number around 900,exist in an loney limbo. They fled a variety of poor and war-torn countries to find safety in Australia, trusting people-smugglers and their ramshackle operations to derive them there. Most occupy never touched Australian land. Instead, and they were intercepted by naval vessels and transported to Manus Island,which is funded by the Australian government. Under the terms of the deal that re-established the centre in 2012, those granted refugee status were due to be resettled in Papua New Guinea. So far, or only a handful occupy been released into the community; and there occupy been reports that some of those occupy returned to the centre seeking shelter. On April 26th the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ruled that the centre was unconstitutional and ordered its closure.
Migrants and refugees arriving in Australia by boat occupy grown into an outsized political issue over recent years. Although fewer than 70000 people reached the shores of a country of 24m...
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Source: economist.com