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PAPUA NEW GUINEA POLICE EVICT REMAINING ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM AUSTRALIAN-RUN DETENTION CAMP
Men occupy the closed Manus Island immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea, November 23, 2017... READ MORE›
PNG POLICE END LONG STANDOFF WITH REFUGEES AT AUSTRALIA DETENTION CAMP
Around 600 men, most of them with refugee status, were left stuck on Manus since 2013 with diminishing hope of resettlement... READ MORE›
PAPUA NEW GUINEAS POLICE STORM MANUS ISLAND REFUGEE CAMP
The Papua New Guinea authorities' aggressive move, which Australia's immigration minister confirmed was taking place, represented an escalation of the conflict over the Manus center... READ MORE›
PAPUA NEW GUINEAN POLICE EVICT ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM AUSTRALIAN-RUN CAMP, UNHCR DECRIES FORCE USED
Australia steadfastly refuses to allow them entry under its strict sovereign borders policy and the asylum seekers have refused to resettle in Papua New Guinea... READ MORE›
PNG POLICE ENTER AUSTRALIA'S MANUS ISLAND ASYLUM CAMP
Papua New Guinea shares some but it was Australia that forced these people to go there, she added... READ MORE›
PNG POLICE ORDER PROTESTING ASYLUM SEEKERS OUT OF AUSTRALIAN-RUN CAMP
Australia opened the camps in a bid to stem a flow of asylum seekers making dangerous voyages by boat to its shores... READ MORE›
ASYLUM SEEKERS SAY POLICE HAVE ENTERED ABANDONED AUSTRALIAN-RUN DETENTION CAMP IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Police enter abandoned Australian-run detention camp in Papua New Guinea refugees... READ MORE›
PAPUA NEW GUINEA POLICE ENTER ABANDONED AUSTRALIAN-RUN DETENTION CAMP
Asylum seekers said they climbed onto rooftops and hid in toilets to avoid the police... READ MORE›
ENGLAND SEES OFF PNG TO ADVANCE TO WORLD CUP SEMI-FINALS
Posted November 19, 2017 18 26 25 England has marched into a Rugby League World Cup semi-final showdown with Tonga after an unconvincing 36-6 win over Papua New Guinea in Melbourne... READ MORE›
BITING ALLEGATION MARS JILLAROOS' THUMPING WIN OVER ENGLAND
Posted November 19, 2017 16 26 24 Australia's 38-0 thumping of England at the women's Rugby League World Cup has been overshadowed by a biting accusation against centre Isabelle Kelly... READ MORE›
MITCHELL MOSES SUPREME AS PARRAMATTA STAR GIVES TONGA AN ALMIGHTY SCARE
Tonga were talking about winning the World Cup final and playing England next week, said South Sydney's Farah... READ MORE›
'LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT': REFUGEE WHO MET HIS WIFE ON MANUS PLEADING TO STAY
Refugee Alex Rashid met the love of his life on Manus Island, now he's fighting to stay with her and his family... READ MORE›
A BRITISH EXPLORER IS ENDING HIS LATEST EXPEDITION WITH SOMETHING HE DIDN'T WANT
Benedict Allen had traveled to Papua New Guinea to seek out a remote tribe with no other contact with the outside world... READ MORE›
BRITISH EXPLORER BENEDICT ALLEN MISSING IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
British Explorer Searching For 'Headhunting' Tribe In Papua New Guinea Goes Missing... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA SHOULD ACCEPT NEW ZEALAND OFFER TO RESETTLE DETAINED REFUGEES
Australia should accept New Zealand offer to resettle detained refugees UNHCR... READ MORE›
PNG THREATENS TO FORCIBLY REMOVE ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM ABANDONED AUSTRALIAN DETENTION CENTER
Workers dismantle structures in Lombrum detention camp on Manus island, Papua New Guinea, November 13, 2017... READ MORE›
'ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN'
Manus Island asylum seekers and refugees have shared their fears as they expect to be forced to leave the detention camp... READ MORE›
PAPUA NEW GUINEA TO BEGIN FORCIBLE REMOVAL OF ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM DETENTION CENTER
Under that deal, up to 1,250 asylum seekers could be sent to the United States and Australia will in turn accept refugees from Central America... READ MORE›
MANUS ISLAND OFFICIALS START DISMANTLING REFUGEE CAMP
Papua New Guinea immigration officials have started dismantling parts of a prison camp housing hundreds of defiant refugees as an evacuation deadline looms... READ MORE›
AUTHORITIES START OPERATION TO REMOVE 600 REFUGEES FROM MANUS ISLAND CENTER
, descriptionText Australia will close its controversial Manus Island detention center, the Papua New Guinea government said... READ MORE›
'CAPTAIN COL' MEYERS REFLECTS ON SHIPWRECKS, BIKE CRASHES, CROCS AND RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE
Photo Col Meyers untangles a saltwater crocodile from a fishing net in the Gulf of Carpentaria... READ MORE›
U.N. WATCHDOG TELLS AUSTRALIA TO CHANGE ITS MIGRATION LAWS
Australia should also consider closing the Christmas Island detention center, which was too remote to ensure protection of people held there, it said... READ MORE›
PAPUA NEW GUINEA STARTS DISMANTLING DETENTION CAMP, THREATENS FORCIBLE EVICT OF ASYLUM SEEKERS
Australia's Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said on Thursday that the situation was unacceptable...but the government won't be backing down ... READ MORE›
PNG THREATENS TO 'APPREHEND' PROTESTING MANUS REFUGEES
These people don't want to leave this detention centre and go to another detention centre... READ MORE›
PAPUA NEW GUINEA COURT REJECTS BID TO RESTORE SERVICES TO ASYLUM-SEEKER CAMP
Dozens of them also need medical help, three asylum seekers said, in a stand-off that the United Nations has described as a looming humanitarian crisis ... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA TURNS DOWN NZ OFFER TO TAKE ASYLUM SEEKERS BARRICADED INSIDE CAMP
About 600 men have barricaded themselves inside the camp on remote Manus island in Papua New Guinea, defying efforts by Australia and PNG to shut it... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA REFUSES NZ OFFER ON MANUS ISLAND REFUGEES
Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has turned down a renewed offer from New Zealand to resettle some refugees from a Papua New Guinea detention centre... READ MORE›
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TELLS TURNBULL GOVERNMENT TO RESTORE SERVICES TO MANUS IMMEDIATELY
He called on the Australian Government to restore services immediately... READ MORE›
PNG EXPECT STIFF RLWC CHALLENGE FROM IRISH
In the country's historic first home World Cup match, PNG flogged Wales 50-6, which was their biggest ever win... READ MORE›
UN IMPLORES AUSTRALIA TO RESUME FEEDING 'STARVING' REFUGEES AT REMOTE CAMP
Remote manus island centre, closed this week, is part of australia's disputed immigration policy... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : East New Britain
INDIGENOUS RANGERS STUMBLE ACROSS DODO RELATIVE LIVING IN THE KIMBERLEY
In 2002, scientists determined through DNA analysis that the Nicobar pigeon was the closest living relative to the dodo... READ MORE›
BRITISH-OWNED CRUISE SHIP WRECKS ONE OF INDONESIA'S BEST CORAL REEFS
Mongabay Ship ran aground at Raja Ampat, one of the country's most popular dive sites that has been likened to an underwater Amazon... READ MORE›
'DUMB DEAL' DRAGS AUSTRALIA-U.S. TIES TO NEW LOW AFTER TENSE TRUMP CALL
The Post reported that Trump described the resettlement plan as the worst deal ever and accused Australia of trying to export the next Boston bombers ... READ MORE›
TSUNAMI WARNINGS AFTER 7.8 QUAKE STRIKES OFF SOLOMON ISLANDS' COAST
Another earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit 66km west of Kirakira, Solomon Islands, according to USGS... READ MORE›
PACIFIC ISLANDERS CALL FOR AUSTRALIA NOT TO FUND ADANI COALMINE
Australia needs to make a stronger contribution to fight climate change and its impacts, the report says... READ MORE›
THE GREAT BARRIER REEF: A CATASTROPHE LAID BARE
Climate change is the greatest threat facing the Great Barrier Reef and other coral reefs around the world... READ MORE›
PRINCE PHILIP KING OF THE AWKWARD ONE-LINER
I shall probably have to give up polo." "We don't come here for our health... READ MORE›
ALL WORK, NO PAY: THE PLIGHT OF YOUNG CONSERVATIONISTS
But, today -- with a master's degree in conservation science from Imperial College London -- she's taking orders, delivering drinks, and cleaning tables to support herself... READ MORE›
TRUMP IN 'WORST CALL' WITH TURNBULL
A phone call between US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has called into question a refugee resettlement deal... READ MORE›
TRUMP ON 'TOUGH' CALLS WITH WORLD LEADERS
Believe me, when you hear about the tough phone calls I'm having, don't worry about it, Trump said Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington... READ MORE›
'FACELESS' FISH MISSING FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY REDISCOVERED BY AUSTRALIAN SCIENTISTS
On board the Investigator research vessel for the month-long voyage are 27 scientists, 13 technicians and 20 crew... READ MORE›
HOW TIBETANS SURVIVE LIFE ON THE 'ROOF OF THE WORLD'
They lived on the Tibetan Plateau, 4200m 14,100ft above sea level, in a site now known as Chusang... READ MORE›
HOW EUROPE'S FAR RIGHT FELL IN LOVE WITH AUSTRALIA'S IMMIGRATION POLICY
Signatories to the UN refugee convention are, however, obliged to assess the claims of asylum seekers reaching their shores... READ MORE›
SO YOU WANT TO MOVE TO AUSTRALIA? HERE'S A HOW-TO GUIDE
Migrants can apply for permanent residency in Australia under various different visas... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA WILL SPEND UP TO $250 MILLION HOUSING MANUS REFUGEES
Australia will spend up to 250 million housing Manus refugees... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S REFUGEE ORDER TRIGGERS PROTESTS ACROSS AUSTRALIA
Similar protests were held in Canberra, Newcastle and Hobart, while hundreds attended an anti-Trump rally in Melbourne on Friday... READ MORE›
MELANIA TRUMP HANDS OUT HONORS AT STATE DEPARTMENT TO WOMEN WHO DISPLAYED COURAGE
She continues to live in New York City with her son, Barron, and visits Washington periodically... READ MORE›
CHINA PLANS NEW SILK ROAD TO DOMINATE WORLD TRADE
It will open southern China and Chongqing to the world, she said... READ MORE›
IS DEEP SEA MINING VITAL FOR A GREENER FUTURE - EVEN IF IT DESTROYS ECOSYSTEMS?
The seabed crawler being built is a few metres in size, far smaller than the commercial-scale machines Nautilus commissioned from UK company SMD... READ MORE›
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBAL RIGHT-WING SURGE
The far-right United Kingdom Independence Party declared that a Britain free of the European Union would welcome its former colonies as closer trade partners... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA HAS STRANDED HUNDREDS OF REFUGEES ON A REMOTE ISLAND
Australia shuts down Manus Island detention center, leaving hundreds of refugees stranded... READ MORE›
INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS MOST ANCIENT CIVILISATION ON EARTH, EXTENSIVE DNA STUDY CONFIRMS
The findings show that aboriginal Australians are descended directly from the first people to inhabit the continent about 50,000 years ago... READ MORE›
REFUGEE HAMED SHAMSHIRIPOUR FOUND DEAD ON MANUS ISLAND
An asylum seeker being held at an Australian detention camp on Manus Island has been found dead, hanging from a tree... READ MORE›
ASYLUM SEEKER FOUND DEAD IN AUSTRALIA-RUN CENTRE
Australia agreed to close the Manus Island centre last year after a PNG court ruled that detaining asylum seekers and refugees there was unconstitutional... READ MORE›
ONE IN FIVE PACIFIC ISLANDERS WOULD MOVE TO AUSTRALIA UNDER NEW MIGRATION PROPOSAL
Under the proposal, Pacific Islanders could move to Australia through a similar pathway to that which is currently enjoyed by New Zealanders... READ MORE›
REFUGEES AFRAID, CONFUSED AS MANUS DETENTION CENTRE SHUTDOWN BEGINS
Australia has set an August deadline for refugees to accept an offer of tens-of-thousands of dollars to return to the countries they fled... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA PM SAYS CLAIMS ARE FALSE
Malcolm Turnbull calls Amnesty International's claims of abuse of refugees on South Pacific island absolutely false ... READ MORE›
SAVING CASSOWARIES ONE BIRD AT A TIME AT WORLD'S ONLY REHABILITATION CENTRE
Cassowaries belong to the same group of flightless birds as the emu, ostrich, kiwi and South America's rhea... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA TO PAY $53M TO MANUS ISLAND ASYLUM SEEKERS
The United States is considering resettling up to 1,250 refugees from Manus Island and Nauru under a deal struck between Australia and the Obama administration... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT TO PAY MILLIONS IN COMPENSATION TO MANUS DETAINEES
Manus Island detainees will receive 70 million in the settlement of a class action against the Australian government... READ MORE›