The Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce (ACRT) is one of many groups that are marking this week’s ‘bitter’ 10th anniversary of the Regional Resettlement Arrangement between the Australian and Papua New Guinea (PNG) governments with an appeal to end the misery and cruelty of offshore processing.
There are 80 refugees living in PNG without permanent safety and the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has called on the Australian Government to recommit to finding solutions for the 80 refugees still suffering in Papua New Guinea 10 years after the two governments signed their offshore processing agreement
News has emerged this day that the hosting agreement between Australia and Papua New Guinea was signed in secret. The Australian government is refusing to say how much it is giving Papua New Guinea under the agreement.