ActivistshavescaledtheSydneyOperaHousetoprotestagainstAustralia'streatmentofasylumseekersinPapuaNewGuinea(PNG).AustraliaheldasylumseekersonPNG'sManusIslanduntil
TheAustraliangovernmenthassettledaclassactionwith1,905ManusIslanddetaineesandwillpaythemmorethan70millionAUSdollars(nearly52.75millionUSdollars).Thedetaineeshad
Dozens of asylum seekers held in a detention centre in Papua New Guinea have elected to accept cash from Australia to return to their home countries, officials and refugees said, the largest exodus from the South Pacific camp in four years.
Despite Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's government's claiming victory over illegal migrants arriving by boat to Australia, opposition to the coalition's hardline refugee policies is coalescing around human rights concerns which was expressed Thursday night at a candlelight vigil in Sydney.