The federal government and its contractors that ran the offshore processing centre on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea will pay compensation of $70million to the detainees in an out-of-court settlement. They will also pay legal costs of $20million to the law firm Slater & Gordon that brought the case on behalf of the detainees.
The federal government and its contractors that ran the offshore processing centre on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea will pay compensation of $70million to the detainees in an out-of-court settlement. They will also pay legal costs of $20million to the law firm Slater & Gordon that brought the case on behalf of the detainees.