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30.11.2012. Activists in Australia have
expressed concern over a recent decision by the government to reinstate the
processing of asylum seekers offshore.
“This policy will see asylum seekers sent
to Nauru [in the Pacific] or Manus Island [Papua New Guinea (PNG)] before
having their refugee status assessed in a move Australia hopes will circumvent
its international human rights obligations,” Benjamin Pynt, the director of
Humanitarian Research Partners, based in Australia, told IRIN.
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