Breaking: In a significant warning about social problems on Manus Island, the province governor said all refugees should be re-settled elsewhere as soon as possible | CroweDM
"As PNG has always stood in to assist Australia in times of need, as it has done for us also, we will ensure that we have a mutually workable timetable and closure program that is healthy for all of us – but more importantly, healthy for those people who have been part of us in Manus and PNG," Mr Marape said.
Governor of Manus Province, Charlie Benjamin, says the onus is on Australia to get the remaining asylum seekers and refugees off Manus.Mr Benjamin acknowledged the social concerns in his province over the presence of refugees and asylum seekers who had been there for seven years without any certainty over their future.
"I think it's important that Australians are no longer told that somehow there is a detention centre that's operating on Manus Island."
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