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The Australian government-funded Immigration Detention Centre on Manus Island is set to close by the end of the year

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirmed the closure after a meeting with his Papua New Guinean counterpart in Port Moresby.Malcolm Turnbull says a number of refugees in limbo on Manus Island are expected to be resettled in the U-S, along with others on Nauru.



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