Australia has no access to men in Papua New Guinea immigration prison, senators told
- molly510
- Oct 22, 2019
- 1 min read
Six men held inside a Papua New Guinean immigration prison have been released and will be sent home, and Australia has no visibility, access or influence over the fate of the 47 remaining inside, Senate estimates has been told.
The head of the home affairs department, Michael Pezzullo, also rejected suggestions there is a new border crisis involving people arriving by plane and claiming asylum, with many being exploited by organised crime and illegitimate labour hire companies.
At Senate estimates on Monday the head of Australia’s offshore processing regime, Major General Craig Furini, revealed that six men had been released from the Bomana immigration detention centre in Port Moresby.
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