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Manus Island will be closed by October 31 this year,

Peter Dutton
Source: SBS

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says refugees who remain after the Manus Island detention centre closes later this year will be given the option to go to Nauru, a third country like Cambodia -- or to remain in Papua New Guinea. Mr Dutton says American officials are interviewing the 861 men at the centre, as part of a process of resettling a number of them in the United States. He has told Sky News, the closure of the Manus centre won't change the government's policies on asylum seekers.


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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says refugees who remain after the Manus Island detention centre closes later this year will be given the option to go to Nauru, a third country like Cambodia -- or to remain in Papua New Guinea. Mr Dutton says American officials are interviewing the 861 men at the centre, as part of a process of resettling a number of them in the United States. He has told Sky News, the closure of the Manus centre won't change the government's policies on asylum seekers.



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