Outsourcing its responsibility to protect citizens and shield vulnerable arrivals from harm has become a matter of dark habit for Australian governments. Binoy Kampmark reports.
PNG government
The Papua New Guinea (PNG) government on September 27 saying the centre will be closed and outlining the next steps.
The letter states: 鈥淭he purpose of this centre is for refugee status processing. All processing will end soon.鈥
The letter can be seen as moves by the Australian and PNG governments to close Manus Island detention centre.