Manus Regional Processing Centre
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Manus Regional Processing Centre was an Australian-run offshore immigration detention facility on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea used to hold asylum seekers arriving by boat.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
immigration detention centre
ⓘ
offshore processing centre ⓘ |
| associatedPolicy | Operation Sovereign Borders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Nauru Regional Processing Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closureDate | 2017 ⓘ |
| contractedOperator |
Broadspectrum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
G4S NERFINISHED ⓘ Transfield Services NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilson Security NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| countryServed | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtFound | detention of asylum seekers unconstitutional under PNG constitution ⓘ |
| createdUnderPolicy | Pacific Solution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticisedBy |
Amnesty International
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Australian Human Rights Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ Human Rights Watch NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticisedFor |
human rights violations
ⓘ
indefinite detention ⓘ poor living conditions ⓘ |
| deathOccurred |
Faysal Ishak Ahmed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hamid Kehazaei NERFINISHED ⓘ Reza Barati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| detainedGroup |
asylum seekers arriving by boat to Australia
ⓘ
refugees ⓘ stateless persons ⓘ |
| finalDetaineeTransferCompleted | 2019 ⓘ |
| legalJurisdiction | Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+10 ⓘ |
| location |
Manus Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manus Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumPopulation | over 1300 detainees ⓘ |
| notableIncident | 2014 Manus Island riots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Government of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postClosureUse |
some detainees moved to alternative accommodation on Manus Island
ⓘ
some detainees transferred to Nauru ⓘ some detainees transferred to the United States under resettlement deal ⓘ |
| purpose |
detention of asylum seekers arriving by boat to Australia
ⓘ
offshore processing of asylum claims ⓘ |
| reopened | 2012 ⓘ |
| reopenedUnderGovernment | Australian Labor Party federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reopenedUnderPolicy | Regional Resettlement Arrangement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reopenedUnderPrimeMinister | Kevin Rudd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultOfCourtDecision | order to close the centre ⓘ |
| startDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| statusAfter2017 | formally closed as an Australian-run detention centre ⓘ |
| subjectOfCourtDecision | Papua New Guinea Supreme Court ruling of April 2016 ⓘ |
| subsequentlyAdministeredByGovernment | Liberal–National Coalition federal government of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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