600 asylum seekers in PNG court challenge

A Papua New Guinean constitutional challenge to the Manus Island detention centre has attracted 600 asylum seekers claiming human rights breaches.

A total of 600 asylum seekers have so far joined a Papua New Guinean constitutional challenge to the Manus Island detention centre.

The group's PNG lawyer Ben Lomai on Friday filed a submission for a further 287 asylum seekers to join the case in the country's Supreme Court.

A court date for the case is expected to be set on Monday.