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PNG ruled Australia's detaining asylum seekers on Manus Island is illegal

Detention centre inmates at Manus Island, Papua New Guinea.
Detention centre inmates at Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Source: AAP

A lawyer for the more than 800 people currently being held in immigration detention on Manus Island say they will seek compensation from the Australian government. It comes after the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ruled Australia's detaining of asylum seekers on the island is illegal.


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A lawyer for the more than 800 people currently being held in immigration detention on Manus Island say they will seek compensation from the Australian government. It comes after the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ruled Australia's detaining of asylum seekers on the island is illegal.



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