巴布亚新几内亚说，将关闭北部马努斯岛的寻求避难者拘留中心。
巴布亚新几内亚总理奥尼尔星期三发表声明，宣布关闭这一拘留中心。一天前，这个太平洋岛国的最高法院判定，马努斯岛拘留中心违宪。目前，这个澳大利亚拘留中心里有800多名寻求避难者。
奥尼尔说，被视为“合法难民”的被拘留者如愿意“成为我们社会的组成部分并为其做贡献”，就欢迎他们留在巴布亚新几内亚。
澳大利亚移民部部长达顿星期二说，马努斯拘留中心的任何人都不准定居澳大利亚，他们要么回国，要么去第3国定居。
Papua New Guinea says it will close a detention center for asylum seekers on its northern island of Manus.
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill announced the center’s closure in a statement Wednesday, one day after the Pacific island’s Supreme Court ruled that Australia’s detention of more than 800 asylum seekers at the Manus camp is unconstitutional.
O’Neill said any of the detainees considered to be “legitimate refugees” are welcome to remain in Papua New Guinea if they wish “to be a part of our society and make a contribution to our community.”
Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said Tuesday that none of the detainees at the Manus facility will be resettled in Australia — they must either return to their home country or settle in a third country.