The refugee lawyer who acted for 43 Papuan asylum seekers who arrived in Australia in January has called on the federal government to allow three new arrivals to seek asylum in Australia.
Three men from the Indonesian province of Papua arrived on an island in the Torres Strait on Saturday.
The island has been excised from Australia's migration zone, and the government says if the men seek protection, they will be held in detention centres in other countries while their claims are processed.
But refugee lawyer, David Manne, is calling on the government to change its mind.
"What is absolutely clear under our international obligations, and indeed our ethical obligations, to particularly vulnerable people who may well be fleeing from persecution, is this and it's simple: They should be provided with every possible opportunity to put their case for protection if they have one, in Australian under the due legal processes in Australia and its legal system."