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Manus Island detention centre is shut but hundreds of asylum seekers say they're now stranded

Shaminda Kanapathi talks to SBS News

Shaminda Kanapathi talks to SBS News Source: SBS News

Almost all asylum seekers have now been moved off Manus Island, marking the end of one of the most controversial chapters in Australia's border policy history. But critics say those now on the Papua New Guinea mainland remain at risk. Praba Maheswaran has the story in Tamil written by Nick Baker, Peggy Giakoumelos for SBS News.


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Almost all asylum seekers have now been moved off Manus Island, marking the end of one of the most controversial chapters in Australia's border policy history. But critics say those now on the Papua New Guinea mainland remain at risk. Praba Maheswaran has the story in Tamil written by Nick Baker, Peggy Giakoumelos for SBS News.



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