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17th August 2016, 07:38
Australia has agreed to close a controversial asylum seeker detention centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said in a statement he had met Australia's immigration minister, Peter Dutton, in Port Moresby on Wednesday.
"Both PNG and Australia are in agreement that [Manus Island] centre is to be closed," the statement said.
PNG's High Court found in April that detaining asylum seekers and refugees at the centre was unconstitutional.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-37104363
PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said in a statement he had met Australia's immigration minister, Peter Dutton, in Port Moresby on Wednesday.
"Both PNG and Australia are in agreement that [Manus Island] centre is to be closed," the statement said.
PNG's High Court found in April that detaining asylum seekers and refugees at the centre was unconstitutional.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-37104363