Australia will stop sending detained asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea
Australia will stop sending detained asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea and refugees given the option of permanent citizenship or transfer to Nauru Under a NEW timeline processing in PNG will permanently end on December 31 From January, PNG government will have responsibility for those who remain Asylum seekers still in PNG will be offered a pathway to permanent migration Australia will offer 'voluntary transfer' to its offshore processing centre on Nauru
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The federal government is ending offshore processing in Papua New Guinea for asylum seekers detained after trying to reach Australia by boat.
The arrangement was set up in 2013 under the then-Labor government and authorised regional processing in PNG.
Under a timeline announced on Wednesday, processing in PNG will permanently end on December 31.
As of July this year, there were 124 asylum seekers in PNG.
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