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August 23rd, 2013 
Peter Nolan
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Papua New Guinea’s migration chief says he is now happy with the PNG solution after a critical private briefing was leaked to the Australian media.
In a confidential briefing to PNG’s foreign minister last month, chief migration officer Mataio Rabura raised several concerns with the plan to send more asylum seekers to Manus Island.
Mr Rabura said tent accommodation for single males had been a major cause of trouble in the past.
“If we’re talking about 3,000, God help us,” he added.
Mr Rabura said PNG did not have the capability to assess 3,000 refugee claims.
In a statement today, Mr Rabura says his concerns “have since been resolved” and he is now happy with the implementation.
He says he is gravely concerned the briefing was leaked to The Australian newspaper and he has ordered an investigation to find the source.
Topics:
refugees,
immigration,
community-and-society,
government-and-politics,
social-policy,
foreign-affairs,
papua-new-guinea,
australia
Source Article from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-23/png-migration-chief-agrees-with-resettlement-solution/4909270
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